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Beschreibung

'A magical scientific exploration of volcanoes, and how they've shaped both nature and human destiny' Guardian

Adventures in Volcanoland charts journeys across deserts, through jungles and up ice caps, to some of the world's most important volcanoes, from Nicaragua to Hawaii, Santorini to Ethiopia, exploring Tamsin Mather's obsession with these momentous geological formations, the cultural and religious roles they have played in the minds of those living around them at different times, and the science behind their formation and eruptions.

'Bubbling with a wonderful combination of personal insights and intriguing science' Marcus du Sautoy

'A collision of high adventure and vital science. You cannot find a more inspiring introduction to nature's most awesome power' Professor Clive Oppenheimer

'A magical scientific exploration of volcanoes, and how they've shaped both nature and human destiny' Guardian

Adventures in Volcanoland charts journeys across deserts, through jungles and up ice caps, to some of the world's most important volcanoes, from Nicaragua to Hawaii, Santorini to Ethiopia, exploring Tamsin Mather's obsession with these momentous geological formations, the cultural and religious roles they have played in the minds of those living around them at different times, and the science behind their formation and eruptions.

'Bubbling with a wonderful combination of personal insights and intriguing science' Marcus du Sautoy

'A collision of high adventure and vital science. You cannot find a more inspiring introduction to nature's most awesome power' Professor Clive Oppenheimer

Über den Autor
Tamsin Mather MAE is a British Professor of Earth Sciences at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford and a Fellow of University College, Oxford.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Fachbereich: Geologie
Genre: Geowissenschaften, Importe
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780349144894
ISBN-10: 0349144893
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mather, Tamsin
Hersteller: Little, Brown Book Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 195 x 124 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: Tamsin Mather
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.02.2025
Gewicht: 0,292 kg
Artikel-ID: 120330338