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The Road to Gondwana
- In search of the lost supercontinent
Engelsk Hardback
The Road to Gondwana
- In search of the lost supercontinent
Engelsk Hardback

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An immersive and fascinating journey into deep time, charting the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana through a billion years of Earth’s history.

‘Gondwana’ is a mystery of geological history; a lost supercontinent and a place woven into the consciousness of all who inhabit its scattered fragments. Today, the people who live in Africa, South America, India, Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Arabia spend their lives walking around on what’s left of Gondwana. But what was life like when it was whole?

 The Road to Gondwana traces the steps science took to find Gondwana, and the evolutionary journey of Gondwana itself. Our tour guide on this journey is Glossopteris – an extinct tree that dominated the supercontinent for 50 million years, before vanishing in the most devastating event ever to strike life on this planet, the Permian mass extinction. 

This is a story about deep time and the challenges that face those who venture there. It’s about the importance of imagination in science, and the reasons that the journey towards understanding is sometimes more important than the destination. 

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9781922539335
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1922539333
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
5 okt 2022
Længde:
29mm
Bredde:
237mm
Højde:
161mm
Forlag:
Exisle Publishing
Oplagsdato:
5 okt 2022
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