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How a Priest, a Soldier and a School Teacher Uncovered 300 Million Years of History
Taschenbuch von Nick Davidson
Sprache: Englisch

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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 Time


Adam 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.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE PRIZE 2022

'A joyful collision of science, history and nature writing' Helen Gordon, author of Notes from Deep Time


Adam 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.

Über den Autor
Nick Davidson is a documentary filmmaker and amateur geologist. He lives in London.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Geologie
Genre: Geowissenschaften, Importe
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781788163781
ISBN-10: 1788163788
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Davidson, Nick
Hersteller: Ips - Profile Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 191 x 130 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Nick Davidson
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.07.2023
Gewicht: 0,228 kg
Artikel-ID: 120522461
Über den Autor
Nick Davidson is a documentary filmmaker and amateur geologist. He lives in London.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Geologie
Genre: Geowissenschaften, Importe
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781788163781
ISBN-10: 1788163788
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Davidson, Nick
Hersteller: Ips - Profile Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 191 x 130 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Nick Davidson
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.07.2023
Gewicht: 0,228 kg
Artikel-ID: 120522461
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