New Views On An Old Planet. Continental Drift And The History Of The Earth

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publisher Place: Cambridge
Publisher Year: 1985
Edition: First Edition

Description: 324 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. This Is A Book Of Commentary And Ideas; The Author Has Taken The Pains To Omit Mathematics And Lengthy Theoretical Discussions. The Result Is A Carefully Constructed And Enhancingly Illustrated Historical Account Of The Earth That Will Appeal To The Layperson With An Interest In The Workings Of The Earth.

Publishers Description: In this book, Professor van Andel, a distinguished earth scientist, interweaves the major strands of change taking place on the earth - continental drift, climatic fluctuations and the progression of life - into a carefully constructed historical account of the evolution of the earth. He does this against a backdrop of evolving ideas; the outlook of geologists everywhere has been profoundly altered by the adoption of the theory of continental drift, and with this change have come wholly new interpretations of earth history. In a unique manner, blending information with illustrations and through experiments, the author elaborates on such topics as the rock record, the mechanisms of climatic change, the process of plate tectonics and continental drift, the progression of life and its numerous catastrophic setbacks.

ISBN: 0521300843