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Annals Former Worldby John McPhieISBN 0374105197 (0-374-10519-7)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Annals of the Former Worldby John McPheeISBN 0374518734 (0-374-51873-4)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Annals of the Former World'Book summary:In 1978 New Yorker magazine staff writer John McPhee set out making notes for an ambitious project: a geological history of North America, centered, for the sake of convenience, on the 40th parallel, a history that encompasses billions of years. In 1981 he published the first of the four books that would come from his research: Basin and Range, a study of the mountainous lands between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevadas. Two years later came In Suspect Terrain, a grand overview of the Appalachian mountain system. In 1986 McPhee released Rising from the Plains, a history of the Rocky Mountains set largely in Wyoming. And in 1993 came Assembling California, a survey of the area geologists find to be a laboratory of volcanic and tectonic processes, a place where geology can be watched in the making. Annals of the Former World gathers these four volumes, which McPhee always conceived of as a whole, to make that epic of the Earth's formation; to it he adds a fifth book, Crossing the Craton, which introduces the continent's ancient core, underlying what is now Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska.
McPhee's great virtue as a journalist covering the sciences--and any other of the countless subjects he has taken on, for that matter--is his ability to distill and explain complex matters: here, for example, the processes of mineral deposition or of plate tectonics. He does so by allowing geologists to speak for themselves and an entertaining lot they are, those sometimes odd men and women who puzzle out the landscape for clues to its most ancient past. Annals of the Former World is a magisterial work of popular science for which geologists--and devotees of good writing--will be grateful. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Assembling Californiaby John McPheeISBN 0374523932 (0-374-52393-2)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Assembling California'Book summary:At various times in a span of fifteen years, John McPhee made geological field surveys in the company of Eldridge Moores, a tectonicist at the University of California at Davis. The result of these trips is Assembling California, a cross-section in human and geologic time, from Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada through the golden foothills of the Mother Lode and across the Great Central Valley to the wine country of the Coast Ranges, the rock of San Francisco, and the San Andreas family of faults. The two disparate time scales occasionally intersectin the gold disruptions of the nineteenth century no less than in the earthquakes of the twentiethand always with relevance to a newly understood geologic history in which half a dozen large and separate pieces of country are seen to have drifted in from far and near to coalesce as California. McPhee and Moores also journeyed to remote mountains of Arizona and to Cyprus and northern Greece, where rock of the deep-ocean floor has been transported into continental settings, as it has in California. Global in scope and a delight to read, Assembling California is a sweeping narrative of maps in motion, of evolving and dissolving lands.[via] -
Basin and Rangeby John A. McPheeISBN 0374516901 (0-374-51690-1)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Basin and Range'Book summary:One of the most valuable tools for the advancement of geological science has in fact been the humble road cut. United States Interstate 80 crosses the entire North American continent, in the process exposing hundreds of millions of years of geological history. In Basin and Range, McPhee, accompanied at times by Princeton geologist Kenneth S. Dreyfuss, demonstrates how the contorted and tilted rocks seen in these road cuts reveal how islands of the earth's crust have floated across the earth's surface, crashing and folding to form basin and range. This is a masterful and sometimes even poetic volume of popular writing about plate tectonics, communicating the profound satisfaction of using scientific research as a tool for understanding the world around us.
This is the first of four books on North American geology by McPhee, collectively entitled Annals of the Former World. The other volumes are In Suspect Terrain, Rising from the Plains, and Assembling California. [via]
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Charles Darwin's Beagle Diaryby Richard Darwin KeynesISBN 0521003172 (0-521-00317-2)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary'Book summary:Here is a fascinating record of one of the most famous journeys ever made. This work constitutes an accurate historical document as well as an evocative travelog that conveys Charles Darwin's personal account of the voyage with freshness and immediacy. [via]
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Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle Round the Worldby Charles DarwinISBN 1579124925 (1-57912-492-5)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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A Crack In The Edge Of The World: America And The Great California Earthquake Of 1906by Simon WinchesterISBN 0060572000 (0-06-057200-0)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Crack in the Edge of the World: America And the Great California Earthquake of 1906'Book summary:Geologically speaking, 1906 was a violent year: powerful, destructive earthquakes shook the ground from Taiwan to South America, while in Italy, Mount Vesuvius erupted. And in San Francisco, a large earthquake occurred just after five in the morning on April 18--and that was just the beginning. The quake caused a conflagration that raged for the next three days, destroying much of the American West's greatest city. The fire, along with water damage and other indirect acts, proved more destructive than the earthquake itself, but insurance companies tried hard to dispute this fact since few people carried earthquake insurance. It was also the world's first major natural disaster to have been extensively photographed and covered by the media, and as a result, it left "an indelible imprint on the mind of the entire nation."
Though the epicenter of this marvelously constructed book is San Francisco, Winchester covers much more than just the disaster. He discusses how this particular quake led to greater scientific study of quakes in an attempt to understand the movements of the earth. Trained at Oxford University as a geologist, Winchester is well qualified to discuss the subject, and he clearly explains plate tectonics theory (first introduced in 1968) and the creation of the San Andreas Fault, along with the geologic exploration of the American West in the late 19th century and the evolution of technology used to measure and predict earthquakes. He also covers the social and political shifts caused by the disaster, such as the way that Pentecostalists viewed the quake as "a message of divine approval" and used it to recruit new members into the church, and the rise in the local Chinese population. With many records destroyed in the fire, there was no way to distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants, and thus many more Chinese were granted citizenship than would have otherwise been. Filled with eyewitness accounts, vivid descriptions, crisp prose, and many delightful meanderings, A Crack in the Edge of the World is a thoroughly absorbing tale. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geologyby Frederick K. Lutgens, Edward J. TarbuckISBN 0139741224 (0-13-974122-4)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology'Book summary:For courses in Physical Geology. This #1 book has a brand new supplements package that will make teaching the course easier than ever. Pairing a great revision with the most compelling educational media available brings to life the Seventh Edition of this best-selling text. A text-dedicated Website, new GEODe III CD-ROM (included with every copy of the text!), and more provide complete state-of-the-art multimedia. Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, Seventh Edition retains the hallmark professors have come to expect from Tarbuck and Lutgens-a student-friendly writing style, coverage of the most recent geologic events, and carefully crafted, accurate, and appealing illustrations by the leading geologic illustrator, Dennis Tasa. [via]
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- Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology: ISBN 0024190128 (0-02-419012-8)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall - Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology: ISBN 0675200512 (0-675-20051-2)
Hardcover, C.E. Merrill Pub Co - Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology: ISBN 0675206987 (0-675-20698-7)
Hardcover, Merrill Pub Co - Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology: ISBN 0139741224 (0-13-974122-4)
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- Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology: ISBN 0024190128 (0-02-419012-8)
Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geologyby Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick LutgensISBN 0675212057 (0-675-21205-7)
Hardcover, Sra
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Earth: An Intimate Historyby Richard ForteyISBN 0375706208 (0-375-70620-8)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Earth: An Intimate History'Book summary:From the acclaimed author of Life and Trilobite!, a fascinating geological exploration of the earths distant history as revealed by its natural wonders.
The face of the earth, crisscrossed by chains of mountains like the scars of old wounds, has changed and changed again over billions of years, and the testament of the remote past is all around us. In this book Richard Fortey teaches us how to read its character, laying out the dominions of the world before us. He shows how human culture and natural historyeven the shape of citiesare rooted in this deep geological past.
In search of this past, Fortey takes us through the Alps, into Icelandic hot springs, down to the ocean floor, over the barren rocks of Newfoundland, into the lush ecosystems of Hawaii, across the salt flats of Oman, and along the San Andreas Fault. On the slopes of Vesuvius, he tracks the history of the region down through the centuries?to volcanic eruptions seen by fifteenth-century Italians, the Romans, and, from striking geological evidence, even Neolithic man. As story adds to story, the recent past connects with forgotten ages long ago, then much longer ago, as he describes the movement of plates and the development of ancient continents and seas. Nothing in this book is at rest. The surface of the earth dilates and collapses; seas and mountains rise and fall; continents move.
Fortey again proves himself the ideal guide, with his superb descriptions of natural beauty, his gripping narratives, and his crystal-clear, always fascinating scientific explanations.
Here is a book to change the way we see the world. [via]More editions of Earth: An Intimate History:
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The Field Guide to Geologyby David Lambert, Diagram GroupISBN 0816065101 (0-8160-6510-1)
Softcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Field Guide to Geology'Book summary:The first book to provide the amateur geologist with a complete, systematic means of charting & understanding the course of Earth s evolution. With over 500 clearly drawn two-color maps, diagrams, charts & other illustrations, & with a text approved by eminent geologists & science educators, this guide makes it possible for readers of all ages to follow the development of the Earth, from the creation of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago to recent changes in the Earth s physical structure. Provides a who s who of the world s key geologists, along with their major achievements; a worldwide listing of geological displays; & bibliography. [via]
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- The Field Guide to Geology: ISBN 0816065098 (0-8160-6509-8)
Hardcover, Facts on File - The Field Guide to Geology: ISBN 0816020329 (0-8160-2032-9)
Softcover, Facts on File - The Field Guide to Geology: ISBN 0816038236 (0-8160-3823-6)
Softcover, Facts on File - The Field Guide to Geology: ISBN 0816016976 (0-8160-1697-6)
Hardcover, Facts on File - The Field Guide to Geology: Updated Edition: ISBN 0816038406 (0-8160-3840-6)
Hardcover, Facts on File - The Field Guide to Geology: ISBN 0816065101 (0-8160-6510-1)
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- The Field Guide to Geology: ISBN 0816065098 (0-8160-6509-8)
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A Field Guide to Rocks and Mineralsby Frederick H. Pough, Jeffrey ScovilISBN 039591096X (0-395-91096-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals'Book summary:Modern policing is a vital institution for the defense of political and civil rights, and the protection of citizens from crime and fear of crime. Private security is also playing an increasingly important role in crime prevention and order maintenance, and also in protecting government assets and services. At the same time, crime and disorder remain major problems in contemporary societies, and there are ongoing issues of integrity and competency in many police departments and in the security industry. Policing and Security in Practice: Challenges and Achievements addresses questions of 'best practice' across police and security work by focusing on what the scientific literature says about how to achieve optimal outcomes in law enforcement, crime prevention and professional standards. Each chapter is written by subject experts with many years of research experience and collaborative work with policing and security agencies. The book is a highly readable, inspiring and fully grounded guide to achieving the best in policing and security. [via]
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Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: ISBN 0585067929 (0-585-06792-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: ISBN 0395081068 (0-395-08106-8)
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Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: ISBN 0395910978 (0-395-91097-8)
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Geologyby Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes, Raymond PerlmanISBN 1582381437 (1-58238-143-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Geology'Book summary:This informative guide covers the five billion years of history that have given the earth its present form, including:[via]
The earth's relation to the rest of the universe
The rocks and minerals of which it is made
The effects of glaciers, gravity, volcanoes, and other forces
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In Suspect Terrainby John McPheeISBN 0374517940 (0-374-51794-0)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Suspect Terrain'Book summary: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.[via]
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. 
Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology: Of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, under the Command of Capt Fitz Roy, R.N.by Charles DarwinISBN 040408401X (0-404-08401-X)
Hardcover, AMS Press
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883by Simon WinchesterISBN 0060838590 (0-06-083859-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Krakatoa: The Day The World Exploded August 27, 1883'Book summary:In Krakatoa, the author of The Map That Changed the World and The Professor and the Madman focuses his considerable research powers on one of the most cataclysmic events of modern history: the volcanic eruption, in 1883, of the Southeast Asian island of Krakatoa, which resulted in the deaths of 36,000 people and sent shock-waves around the world. But what at the time was a mysterious, almost supernatural phenomenon has become, under the precepts of the contemporary science of plate tectonics, explicable if no less tragic. Winchester veers between eyewitness accounts by survivors and the limited scientific measurements of the time in an attempt to describe the indescribable. The event "is still said to be the most violent explosion ever recorded and experienced by modern man," he writes. "Six cubic miles of rock had been blasted out of existence, had been turned into pumice and ash and uncountable billions of particles of dust." Yet words and numbers can barely hint at the scale of the calamity, which resulted in tsunamis that washed whole villages into the ocean and forever changed the very topography of the area. The author also explores the social and cultural topography, noting, "Orthodox Islam, its revival in part triggered by tragic events such as the great cataclysm, was totally transformed in Java during the nineteenth century, with fundamentalism, militancy, and profound hostility to non-Muslims its watchwords." At times Winchester seems to overstate his case, and the link he finds between Krakatoa and the rise of anti-Western sentiment in the Islamic world isnt especially convincing. But, by weaving together the disaster with science, communications, politics, religion, and economics, he has come up with a comprehensive and often fascinating glimpse into the way the world, and our perception of it, can change in an instant. --Shawn Conner [via]
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The Magic School Busby Joanna ColeISBN 0590407600 (0-590-40760-0)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Magic School Bus'Book summary:On a special field trip in the magic school bus, Ms Frizzle's class learn at first hand about different kinds of rocks and the formation of the earth. [via]
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Hardcover, Scholastic - The Magic School Bus: ISBN 0590446975 (0-590-44697-5)
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The Magic School Bus in the Time of Dinosaursby Joanna Cole, Bruce DegenISBN 0590446894 (0-590-44689-4)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Magic School Bus in the Time of Dinosaurs'Book summary:Joanna Cole Illustrations Bruce Degen. Cole and Degen are a can t miss team when it comes to making science a good time no matter what the subject. Booklist. [via]
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The Map That Changed the Worldby Simon WinchesterISBN 0060501812 (0-06-050181-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Map That Changed the World'Book summary:Once upon a time there lived a man who discovered the secrets of the earth. He traveled far and wide, learning about the world below the surface. After years of toil, he created a great map of the underworld and expected to live happily ever after. But did he? Simon Winchester (The Professor and the Madman) tells the fossil-friendly fairy tale life of William Smith in The Map That Changed the World.
Born to humble parents, Smith was also a child of the Industrial Revolution (the year of his birth, 1769, also saw Josiah Wedgwood open his great factory, Etruria, Richard Arkwright create his first water-powered cotton-spinning frame, and James Watt receive the patent for the first condensing steam engine). While working as surveyor in a coal mine, Smith noticed the abrupt changes in the layers of rock as he was lowered into the depths. He came to understand that the different layers--in part as revealed by the fossils they contained--always appeared in the same order, no matter where they were found. He also realized that geology required a three-dimensional approach. Smith spent the next 20 some years traveling throughout Britain, observing the land, gathering data, and chattering away about his theories to those he met along the way, thus acquiring the nickname "Strata Smith." In 1815 he published his masterpiece: an 8.5- by 6-foot, hand-tinted map revealing "A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales."
Despite this triumph, Smith's road remained more rocky than smooth. Snubbed by the gentlemanly Geological Society, Smith complained that "the theory of geology is in the possession of one class of men, the practice in another." Indeed, some members of the society went further than mere ostracism--they stole Smith's work. These cartographic plagiarists produced their own map, remarkably similar to Smith's, in 1819. Meanwhile the chronically cash-strapped Smith had been forced to sell his prized fossil collection and was eventually consigned to debtor's prison.
In the end, the villains are foiled, our hero restored, and science triumphs. Winchester clearly relishes his happy ending, and his honey-tinged prose ("that most attractively lovable losterlike Paleozoic arthropod known as the trilobite") injects a lot of life into what seems, on the surface, a rather dry tale. Like Smith, however, Winchester delves into the strata beneath the surface and reveals a remarkable world. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geologyby Simon Winchester, Soun VannithoneISBN 0060931809 (0-06-093180-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology'Book summary:Once upon a time there lived a man who discovered the secrets of the earth. He traveled far and wide, learning about the world below the surface. After years of toil, he created a great map of the underworld and expected to live happily ever after. But did he? Simon Winchester (The Professor and the Madman) tells the fossil-friendly fairy tale life of William Smith in The Map That Changed the World.
Born to humble parents, Smith was also a child of the Industrial Revolution (the year of his birth, 1769, also saw Josiah Wedgwood open his great factory, Etruria, Richard Arkwright create his first water-powered cotton-spinning frame, and James Watt receive the patent for the first condensing steam engine). While working as surveyor in a coal mine, Smith noticed the abrupt changes in the layers of rock as he was lowered into the depths. He came to understand that the different layers--in part as revealed by the fossils they contained--always appeared in the same order, no matter where they were found. He also realized that geology required a three-dimensional approach. Smith spent the next 20 some years traveling throughout Britain, observing the land, gathering data, and chattering away about his theories to those he met along the way, thus acquiring the nickname "Strata Smith." In 1815 he published his masterpiece: an 8.5- by 6-foot, hand-tinted map revealing "A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales."
Despite this triumph, Smith's road remained more rocky than smooth. Snubbed by the gentlemanly Geological Society, Smith complained that "the theory of geology is in the possession of one class of men, the practice in another." Indeed, some members of the society went further than mere ostracism--they stole Smith's work. These cartographic plagiarists produced their own map, remarkably similar to Smith's, in 1819. Meanwhile the chronically cash-strapped Smith had been forced to sell his prized fossil collection and was eventually consigned to debtor's prison.
In the end, the villains are foiled, our hero restored, and science triumphs. Winchester clearly relishes his happy ending, and his honey-tinged prose ("that most attractively lovable losterlike Paleozoic arthropod known as the trilobite") injects a lot of life into what seems, on the surface, a rather dry tale. Like Smith, however, Winchester delves into the strata beneath the surface and reveals a remarkable world. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Mineralsby Charles Wesley ChestermanISBN 0394502698 (0-394-50269-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'Book summary:Perfect for mountain climbers and hikers this valuable reference covers more rocks and minerals in North America than any other available guide. 794 full-color photographs depict all the important rocks gems and minerals - in many variations of color and crystal form - and the natural environments in which they occur; written descriptions provide information on field marks similar rocks and minerals environment areas of occurrence and derivation of names. Includes a guide to mineral collecting and a list of rock-forming minerals. Author: National Audubon Society. [via]
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A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World in H.M.S. Beagleby Charles DarwinISBN 1414226047 (1-4142-2604-7)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World in H.M.S. Beagle'Book summary:After having been twice driven back by heavy south-western gales, Her Majesty's ship "Beagle," a ten-gun brig, under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N., sailed from Devonport on the 27th of December, 1831. The object of the expedition was to complete the survey of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, commenced under Captain King in 1826 to 1830--to survey the shores of Chile, Peru, and of some islands in the Pacific--and to carry a chain of chronometrical measurements round the World. On the 6th of January we reached Teneriffe, but were prevented landing, by fears of our bringing the cholera: the next morning we saw the sun rise behind the rugged outline of the Grand Canary Island, and suddenly illumine the Peak of Teneriffe, whilst the lower parts were veiled in fleecy clouds. This was the first of many delightful days never to be forgotten. On the 16th of January 1832 we anchored at Porto Praya, in St. Jago, the chief island of the Cape de Verd archipelago.
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Peterson First Guide to Rocks and Mineralsby Frederick H. PoughISBN 0395935431 (0-395-93543-1)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Rising from the Plainsby John McPheeISBN 0374520658 (0-374-52065-8)
Softcover, Noonday Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rising from the Plains'Book summary:Bestselling author McPhee takes us on another exciting geological excursion with this engaging account of life--past and present--in the high plains of Wyoming.[via]More editions of Rising from the Plains:
Roadside Geology of New Mexicoby Halka ChronicISBN 0878422099 (0-87842-209-9)
Softcover, Mountain Pr
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Roadside Geology of Arizonaby Halka ChronicISBN 0878421475 (0-87842-147-5)
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Roadside Geology of Coloradoby Halka Chronic, Felicie WilliamsISBN 0878424474 (0-87842-447-4)
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Roadside Geology of Oregonby Donald W. Hyndman, David AltISBN 0878420630 (0-87842-063-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roadside Geology of Oregon'Book summary:Until about 200 million years ago, the western margin of North America lay to the east, along the present Idaho border, and a broad coastal plain spread westward into Oregon. The rest of the state was ocean floor. Then the continent began moving slowly westward away from Europe and the floor of the Pacific Ocean began sliding beneath the western edge. That is what created Oregon, and this book tells how it happened. [via]
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Roadside Geology of the Yellowstone Countryby William J. FritzISBN 087842170X (0-87842-170-X)
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Roadside Geology of Wyomingby Darwin R. Spearing, David LagesonISBN 0878422161 (0-87842-216-1)
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Rocks and Mineralsby Herbert Spencer ZimISBN 0307635023 (0-307-63502-3)
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Rocks and Mineralsby Paul R. Shaffer, Herbert Spencer Zim, Raymond PerlmanISBN 0307244997 (0-307-24499-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rocks and Minerals'Book summary:Includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, and sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and on igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. [via]
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Rocks, Gems, & Minerals: A Guide to Familiar Minerals, Gems, Ores, and Rocksby Paul R. Shaffer, Herbert Spencer Zim, Raymond PerlmanISBN 1582381321 (1-58238-132-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rocks, Gems, & Minerals: A Guide to Familiar Minerals, Gems, Ores, and Rocks'Book summary:This handy identification guide to the most common kinds of rocks and minerals offers concise and fascinating information on:- Physical and chemical properties
- Origins and geologic significance
- Gems and semiprecious stones
- How to find and collect specimens
Illustrated in full color throughout, Rocks, Gems and Minerals is a gem of a guide for rockhounds and mineral collectors! [via]
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The Seashell on the Mountaintop: A Story of Science, Sainthood, and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earthby Alan CutlerISBN 0434008575 (0-434-00857-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Seashell on the Mountaintop: A Story of Science, Sainthood, and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earth'Book summary:In the bestselling tradition of The Map that Changed the World and Longitude comes the tale of a seventeenth-century scientist-turned-priest who forever changed our understanding of the Earth and created a new field of science.
It was an ancient puzzle that stymied history's greatest minds: How did the fossils of seashells find their way far inland, sometimes high up into the mountains? Fossils only made sense in a world old enough to form them, and in the seventeenth century, few people could imagine such a thing. Texts no less authoritative than the Old Testament laid out very clearly the timescale of Earth's past; in fact one Anglican archbishop went so far as to calculate the exact date of Creation...October 23, 4004, B.C.
A revolution was in the making, however, and it was started by the brilliant and enigmatic Nicholas Steno, the man whom Stephen Jay Gould called "the founder of geology." Steno explored beyond the pages of the Bible, looking directly at the clues left in the layers of the Earth. With his groundbreaking answer to the fossil question, Steno would not only confound the religious and scientific thinking of his own time, he would set the stage for the modern science that came after him. He would open the door to the concept of "deep time," which imagined a world with a history of millions or billions of years. And at the very moment his expansive new ideas began to unravel the Bible's authoritative claim as to the age of the Earth, Steno would enter the priesthood and rise to become a bishop, ultimately becoming venerated as a saint and beatified by the Catholic Church in 1988.
Combining a thrilling scientific investigation with world-altering history and the portrait of an extraordinary genius, The Seashell on the Mountaintop gives us new insight into the very old planet on which we live, revealing how we learned to read the story told to us by the Earth itself, written in rock and stone. [via]More editions of The Seashell on the Mountaintop: A Story of Science, Sainthood, and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earth:
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The Seashell on the Mountaintop: How Nicolaus Steno Solved an Ancient Mystery and Created a Science of the Earthby Alan CutlerISBN 0452285461 (0-452-28546-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Seashell on the Mountaintop: How Nicolaus Steno Solved an Ancient Mystery and Created a Science of the Earth'Book summary:Seventeenth-century scientists were baffled: How did the fossils of seashells find their way to the tops of mountains? Nicolaus Steno, hailed by Stephen Jay Gould as "the founder of geology," solved the puzzle, looking directly at the clues left in the layers of the Earth. Paradoxically, at the same time his ideas were undermining the Bibles authoritative claim as to the age of the planet, Steno was entering the priesthood and rising to bishop. He would ultimately be venerated as a saint and beatified by the Catholic Church in 1988.
A thrilling tale of scientific investigation and the portrait of an extraordinary genius, The Seashell on the Mountaintop is the story of how a scientist-turned-priest forever changed our understanding of the Earth and created a new field of science. [via]
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A Short History of Nearly Everythingby Bill BrysonISBN 1417665483 (1-4176-6548-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Short History of Nearly Everything'Book summary:One of the worlds most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.
In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand -- and, if possible, answer -- the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the worlds most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds. A Short History of Nearly Everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has never been more involving or entertaining.
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Simon and Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Mineralsby Martin PrinzISBN 0671244175 (0-671-24417-5)
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Time's Arrow/Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Timeby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 0674891996 (0-674-89199-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Time's Arrow/Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time'Book summary:Rarely has a scholar attained such popular acclaim merely by doing what he does best and enjoys most. But such is Stephen Jay Gould's command of paleontology and evolutionary theory, and his gift for brilliant explication, that he has brought dust and dead bones to life, and developed an immense following for the seeming arcana of this field.
In Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle his subject is nothing less than geology's signal contribution to human thought--the discovery of "deep time," the vastness of earth's history, a history so ancient that we can comprehend it only as metaphor. He follows a single thread through three documents that mark the transition in our thinking from thousands to billions of years: Thomas Burnet's four-volume Sacred Theory of the Earth (1680-1690), James Hutton's Theory of the Earth (1795), and Charles Lyell's three-volume Principles of Geology (1830-1833).
Gould's major theme is the role of metaphor in the formulation and testing of scientific theories--in this case the insight provided by the oldest traditional dichotomy of Judeo-Christian thought: the directionality of time's arrow or the immanence of time's cycle. Gould follows these metaphors through these three great documents and shows how their influence, more than the empirical observation of rocks in the field, provoked the supposed discovery of deep time by Hutton and Lyell. Gould breaks through the traditional "cardboard" history of geological textbooks (the progressive march to truth inspired by more and better observations) by showing that Burnet, the villain of conventional accounts, was a rationalist (not a theologically driven miracle-monger) whose rich reconstruction of earth history emphasized the need for both time's arrow (narrative history) and time's cycle (immanent laws), while Hutton and Lyell, our traditional heroes, denied the richness of history by their exclusive focus upon time's Arrow.
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Volcanoby Time-Life BooksISBN 080944304X (0-8094-4304-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Volcano'Book summary:Imprinted hardcover Time Life Books 1982. [via]
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Volcanoby Patricia LauberISBN 0395732573 (0-395-73257-3)
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The Voyage of Charles Darwinby Charles Darwin, Christoher RallingISBN 0831792124 (0-8317-9212-4)
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Voyage of the Beagleby Charles Robert DarwinISBN 1573927732 (1-57392-773-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Voyage of the Beagle'Book summary:Charles Darwin's father at first refused to allow his 22-year-old son to go on this voyage around the world in 1831-1836: he felt it was not a wise career choice. Fortunately, his father relented, and we have Darwin's journal, which may be the greatest scientific travel narrative ever written. Revised by the author in 1860, this is an account of his experiences on the Beagle, which led to his formulation of the theory of evolution. He was able to observe coral reefs, fossil-filled rocks, earthquakes, and more, first-hand, and made his own deductions. Original (of course) and entertaining! [via]
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The Voyage of the Beagleby Charles DarwinISBN 1853264768 (1-85326-476-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Voyage of the Beagle'Book summary:Inviting in its lavish detail, this is Darwin's fascinating account of his five-year journey aboard the Royal Navy ship HMS Beagle (1831-1836) as it surveyed the coasts of South America, New Zealand, Australia, and the now famous Galapagos Archipelago. One of the most important voyages of the 19th century, this is where Darwin made the observations that led to his theory of evolution by means of natural selection, which emerged two decades later. The Voyage of the Beagle (1840-43) has delighted and enlightened millions because of Darwin's loving and insightful observations of the plants, animals, people, and locations he explored. These journals provide striking examples of the great scientist's reasoning ability and intriguing glimpses into his thought processes. They are the precursor to The Descent of Man (1871, 1874), a controversial leap in evolutionary theory from nature to humanity. [via]
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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of Historyby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 039330700X (0-393-30700-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History'Book summary:The Burgess Shale of British Columbia "is the most precious and important of all fossil localities," writes Stephen Jay Gould. These 600-million-year-old rocks preserve the soft parts of a collection of animals unlike any other. Just how unlike is the subject of Gould's book.
Gould describes how the Burgess Shale fauna was discovered, reassembled, and analyzed in detail so clear that the reader actually gets some feeling for what paleobiologists do, in the field and in the lab. The many line drawings are unusually beautiful, and now can be compared to a wonderful collection of photographs in Fossils of the Burgess Shale by Derek Briggs, one of Gould's students.
Burgess Shale animals have been called a "paleontological Rorschach test," and not every geologist by any means agrees with Gould's thesis that they represent a "road not taken" in the history of life. Simon Conway Morris, one of the subjects of Wonderful Life, has expressed his disagreement in Crucible of Creation. Wonderful Life was published in 1989, and there has been an explosion of scientific interest in the pre-Cambrian and Cambrian periods, with radical new ideas fighting for dominance. But even though many scientists disagree with Gould about the radical oddity of the Burgess Shale animals, his argument that the history of life is profoundly contingent--as in the movie It's a Wonderful Life, from which this book takes its title--has become more accepted, in theories such as Ward and Brownlee's Rare Earth hypothesis. And Gould's loving, detailed exposition of the labor it took to understand the Burgess Shale remains one of the best explanations of scientific work around. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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Una Breve Historia De Casi Todo/a Short History of Nearly Everythingby Bryson BillISBN 8478713808 (84-7871-380-8)
Softcover, Rba Publicaciones Editores revistas
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Una Breve Historia De Casi Todo/a Short History of Nearly Everything'Book summary:One of the worlds best-selling writers takes his ultimate journey into the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer. Its a dazzling quest, to understand what that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. Or, as the author puts it, &how we went from there being nothing at all to there being something, and then how a little of that something turned into us, and also what happened in between and since. Description in Spanish: Bill Bryson se describe como un viajero renuente, pero ni siquiera cuando está en su casa, en la seguridad de su estudio, puede contener esa curiosidad que siente por el mundo que le rodea. En Una breve historia de casi todo intenta entender qué ocurrió entre la Gran Explosión y el surgimiento de la civilización, cómo pasamos de la nada a lo ahora somos. [via]
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