Description
Condition
GOOD: The pages and covers are in good condition, showing very little sign of use or wear.
Product Details
This volume discusses the movement, creation and formation of the continents of Planet Earth. Discussing topics from formation of mountains and valleys, to islands and sea trenches, this volume provides an extensive look at the continents on which we live. Included are a multitude of spectacular photos.
Chapters include:
- A Mysterious and Mobile Earth
- “The Impossible Hypothesis”
- Answers from the Abyss
- The Rise of a New Order
- The Slow Dance of the Continents
Essays include:
- Making Sense of Mountains
- Africa’s Improbable Valley
- The Continuing Creation of Iceland
- Probing the Deep in a Pygmy Sub
- Explaining a Dynamic Earth
- The Once and Future Earth
The volume also includes:
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Picture Credits
- Index