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The Greywacke
- How a Priest, a Soldier and a School Teacher Uncovered 300 Million Years of History
Engelsk Paperback
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The Greywacke
- How a Priest, a Soldier and a School Teacher Uncovered 300 Million Years of History
Engelsk Paperback

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE PRIZE 2022''A joyful collision of science, history and nature writing'' Helen Gordon, author of Notes from Deep TimeAdam Sedgwick was a priest and scholar. Roderick Murchison was a retired soldier. Charles Lapworth was a schoolteacher. It was their personal and intellectual rivalry, pursued on treks through Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, Devon and parts of western Russia, that revealed the narrative structure of the Paleozoic Era, the 300-million-year period during which life on Earth became recognisably itself. Nick Davidson follows in their footsteps and draws on maps, diaries, letters, field notes and contemporary accounts to bring the ideas and characters alive. But this is more than a history of geology. As we travel through some of the most spectacular scenery in Britain, it''s a celebration of the sheer visceral pleasure generations of geologists have found, and continue to find, in noticing the earth beneath our feet.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
288
ISBN-13:
9781788163781
Indbinding:
Paperback
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ISBN-10:
1788163788
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Udg. Dato:
5 maj 2022
Længde:
28mm
Bredde:
198mm
Højde:
128mm
Forlag:
Profile Books Ltd
Oplagsdato:
5 maj 2022
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