In Suspect Terrain
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In Suspect Terrain
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Author : McPhee J Staff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983-10
In Suspect Terrain written by McPhee J Staff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-10 with categories.
From the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana's drifted diamonds and gold "In Suspect Terrain "is a narrative of the earth, told in four sections of equal length, each in a different way reflecting the three others--a biography; a set piece about a fragment of Appalachian landscape in illuminating counterpoint to the human history there; a modern collision of ideas about the origins of the mountain range; and, in contrast, a century-old collision of ideas about the existence of the Ice Age. The central figure is Anita Harris, an internationally celebrated geologist who went into her profession to get out of a Brooklyn ghetto. The unifying theme is plate tectonics--here concentrating on the acceptance that all aspects of the theory do not universally enjoy. As such, "In Suspect Terrain "is a report from the rough spots at the front edge of a science.
In Suspect Terrain
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Author : John McPhee
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2011-04-01
In Suspect Terrain written by John McPhee and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-01 with Nature categories.
From the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana's drifted diamonds and gold, John McPhee's In Suspect Terrain is a narrative of the earth, told in four sections of equal length, each in a different way reflecting the three others-- a biography; a set piece about a fragment of Appalachian landscape in illuminating counterpoint to the human history there; a modern collision of ideas about the origins of the mountain range; and, in contrast, a century-old collision of ideas about the existence of the Ice Age. The central figure is Anita Harris, an internationally celebrated geologist who went into her profession to get out of a Brooklyn ghetto. The unifying theme is plate tectonics-- here concentrating on the acceptance that all aspects of the theory do not universally enjoy. As such, In Suspect Terrain is a report from the rough spots at the front edge of a science. In Suspect Terrain is the second book in a series on geology and geologists, presenting a cross section of North America along the fortieth parallel, and gathered under the overall title Annals of the Former World. The other books in the series are Basin and Range, Rising from the Plains, and Assembling California.
Annals Of The Former World
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Author : John A. McPhee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Annals Of The Former World written by John A. McPhee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Geology categories.
On Suspect Terrain
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Author : Ed Brownscombe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
On Suspect Terrain written by Ed Brownscombe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Blue Mountains (N.S.W.) categories.
Best Science Writing Readings Insights
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Author : Gannon
language : en
Publisher: Universities Press
Release Date : 2000
Best Science Writing Readings Insights written by Gannon and has been published by Universities Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with categories.
Cratons And Fold Belts Of India
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Author : Ram Sharma
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-09-18
Cratons And Fold Belts Of India written by Ram Sharma and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-18 with Science categories.
Cratons and Fold Belts of India, is a unique attempt at presenting geological characteristics and evolution of the fold belts and the cratonic areas of the Indian shield. The author has evaluated the different evolutionary models for each fold belt in light of all the currently available geological and geochronological informations that are clearly listed. Shortcomings, if any, of each model are stated and a viable geodynamic model is presented for each fold belt. The book is self-contained – it includes an introduction to the processes of mountain building, especially plate tectonics theory with its application to the evolution of the Himalaya as an illustrative example – so that the reader can better appreciate the novel approach to the evolution of Proterozoic fold belts. The author eschews a detailed account of the fold belts for a clear description of all the concepts that go into building models. It is primarily written for graduate students, teachers and for those geoscientists who aspire to know all about the Indian shield.
When The Bombs Stopped
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Author : Erin Lin
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2024-05-21
When The Bombs Stopped written by Erin Lin and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-21 with History categories.
How undetonated bombs from a war that ended more than fifty years ago still affect Cambodian farmers and their land Over the course of the Vietnam War, the United States dropped 500,000 tons of bombs over Cambodia—more than the combined weight of every man, woman, and child in the country. What began as a secret CIA infiltration of Laos eventually expanded into Cambodia and escalated into a nine-year war over the Ho Chi Minh trail fought primarily with bombs. Fifty years after the last sortie, residents of rural Cambodia are still coping with the unexploded ordnance that covers their land. In When the Bombs Stopped, Erin Lin investigates the consequences of the US bombing campaign across postconflict Cambodia. Drawing on interviews, original econometric analysis, and extensive fieldwork, Lin upends the usual scholarly perspective on the war and its aftermath, presenting the viewpoint of those who suffered the bombing rather than those who dropped the bombs. She shows that Cambodian farmers stay at a subsistence level because much of their land is too dangerous to cultivate—and yet, paradoxically, the same bombs that endanger and impoverish farming communities also protect them, deterring predatory elites from grabbing and commodifying their land. Lin argues that the half-century legacy of American bombs has sedimented the war into the layers of contemporary Cambodian society. Policies aimed at developing or modernizing Cambodia, whether economic liberalization or authoritarian consolidation, must be realized in an environment haunted by the violence of the past. As the stories Lin captures show, the bombing served as a critical juncture in these farming villages, marking the place in time where development stopped.
Literary Nonfiction
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Author : Chris Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press
Release Date : 1989
Literary Nonfiction written by Chris Anderson and has been published by Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with American essays categories.
Collection of essays by literary critics who are also teachers of writing and literature. Each shares Anderson's view that nonfiction prose crosses genre and discipline boundaries.
Blue Unicorn
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Blue Unicorn written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with American poetry categories.
Outcroppings
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Author : John McPhee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Outcroppings written by John McPhee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Geology categories.
Landscape photographs accompany selections from McPhee's writings about Switzerland, Alaska, the West, and the Pine Barrens