The Earth: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780192803078)

Around 30 years ago, two things happened that were to revolutionize the understanding of our home planet. First, geologists realized that the continents themselves were drifting across the surface of the globe and that oceans were being created and destroyed. Secondly, pictures of the entire planet were returned from space. Suddenly, the Earth began to be viewed as a single entity; a dynamic, interacting whole, controlled by complex processes we scarcely understood.

This Introduction explores emerging geological research and explains how new advances in the understanding of plate tectonics, seismology, and satellite imagery have enabled us to begin to see the Earth as it actually is: dynamic and ever changing.

Author: Martin Redfern
ISBN-10: 0192803077
ISBN-13: 9780192803078
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 09/25/2003
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 6.86h x 4.36w x 0.38d