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IN SUSPECT TERRAIN.
de McPhee, John
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (very inconspicuous previous owner's name, minor edgewear to dj.)/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374176507
- ISBN 13
- 9780374176501
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New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1983.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (very inconspicuous previous owner's name, minor edgewear to dj.). First printing. The second in McPhee's series of books about the geology of the United States; in this, he travels with a geologist from Brooklyn, New York thru the Appalachian Mountains to Indiana observing the land and theories of plate tectonics & glaciation. Chart endpapers. 210 pp.
Sinopsis
From the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana's drifted diamonds and gold In Suspect Terrain is a narrative of the earth, told in four sections of equal length, each in a different way reflecting the three others—a biography; a set piece about a fragment of Appalachian landscape in illuminating counterpoint to the human history there; a modern collision of ideas about the origins of the mountain range; and, in contrast, a century-old collision of ideas about the existence of the Ice Age. The central figure is Anita Harris, an internationally celebrated geologist who went into her profession to get out of a Brooklyn ghetto. The unifying theme is plate tectonics—here concentrating on the acceptance that all aspects of the theory do not universally enjoy. As such, In Suspect Terrain is a report from the rough spots at the front edge of a science.
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- 75712
- Título
- IN SUSPECT TERRAIN.
- Autor
- McPhee, John
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover first edition -
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (very inconspicuous previous owner's name, minor edgewear to dj.)
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- near fine
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0374176507
- ISBN 13
- 9780374176501
- Editorial
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
- Lugar de publicación
- New York:
- Fecha de publicación
- (1983.)
- Palabras clave
- new york, appalachia, indiana, plate tectonics,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Geology and physical sciences;
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