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The Earth

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The paperback of the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals how the earth became the shape it is today. This book will change the way you see the world - permanently.

The face of the earth, criss-crossed by chains of mountains like the scars of old wounds, has changed constantly over billions of years. Its shape records a remote past of earthquakes, volcanos and continental drift, and the ongoing subtle shifts that bring our planet alive.

Richard Fortey introduces us to the earth's distinct character, revealing the life that it leads when humans aren't watching. He follows the continual movement of seabeds, valleys, mountain ranges and ice caps and shows how everything - our culture, natural history, even the formation of our cities - has its roots in geology. In Richard Fortey's hands, geology becomes vital and exhilarating and unmistakably informs our lives in the most intimate way.

About This Edition

ISBN: 9780006551379
Publication date: 7th March 2005
Author: Richard A Fortey
Publisher: Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 501 pages
Genres: Popular Science
Sedimentology and pedology
Geomorphology and geological surface processes
Historical geology and palaeogeology
Stratigraphy
Rocks, minerals and fossils: general interest
The Earth: natural history: general interest
Volcanology and seismology