{"product_id":"earth-jeffrey-jerome-cohen-9781501317910","title":"Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEarth\u003c\/i\u003e, a planetary scientist and a literary humanist explore what happens when we think of the Earth as an object viewable from space. As a \"blue marble,\" \"a blue pale dot,\" or, as Chaucer described it, \"this litel spot of erthe,\" the solitary orb is a challenge to scale and to human self-importance. Beautiful and self-contained, the Earth turns out to be far less knowable than it at first appears: its vast interior an inferno of incandescent and yet solid rock and a reservoir of water vaster than the ocean, a world within the world. Viewing the Earth from space invites a dive into the abyss of scale: how can humans apprehend the distances, the temperatures, and the time scale on which planets are born, evolve, and die? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501317911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501317910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.40h x 4.70w x 0.60d","brand":"Jeffrey Jerome Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935195463935,"sku":"9781501317910","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0de14428-a18a-4391-ae15-f754f09c9bf3.jpg?v=1681418410","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/earth-jeffrey-jerome-cohen-9781501317910","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}