In Suspect Terrain
de McPhee, John
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- Aceptable
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- First
- Estado
- Fine/fine
- Librería
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original greenish brown cloth, spine stamped in gilt.
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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- James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.)
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 9017263
- Título
- In Suspect Terrain
- Autor
- McPhee, John
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st
- Editorial
- Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1983
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- Spine
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