(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197825365)
The history of the planet Earth has had periods of being in a distinct state with intervening critical transitions that see it flip between states, for example between a world without atmospheric oxygen to one with a trace of it. These key transiti...Loe edasi...
Discover one of the Scottish Enlightenments brightest stars.Among the giants of the Scottish Enlightenment, the name of James Hutton is overlooked. Yet his Theory of the Earth revolutionised the way we think about how our planet was formed and laid...Loe edasi...
Sari: Elements in Ancient and Pre-modern Economies
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009670722)
The Element reconstructs economic developments in state formation in Mesopotamia, from the 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE, trying to understand how interrelating environmental, social, economic, and political factors in the two main areas of Mesopo...Loe edasi...
The Element reconstructs economic developments in state formation in Mesopotamia, from the 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE, trying to understand how interrelating environmental, social, economic, and political factors in the two main areas of Mesopo...Loe edasi...
When a schoolboy found the Lyme Bay astrolabe in 1967, a story which should have made headlines instead vanished from local memory. More than 50 years later, writer and activist Horatio Morpurgo began to ask why. The more he learnt about this rare n...Loe edasi...
After surviving a terrifying avalanche on the slopes of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), Matthew Myerscough took up a new hobby: fossil hunting. Since then, he has become well-known in the fossil hunting community for finding spectacular marine reptile fossils...Loe edasi...
What is that pebble you’ve just picked up and what can it reveal about the story of the Earth? Vojta Hybl is on a mission to help us identify the everyday rocks we find under our feet and to reveal their often remarkable stories. From helpi...Loe edasi...
In this Element, the authors present a baseline inventory of the Cenozoic paleobotany of the National Park System as a first step in stimulating new research, curation, and outreach projects that utilize these resources....Loe edasi...
T. P. Matel, J. S. Tweet, I. B. Huegele, C. R. Cace, K. M. M. Bober, L. D. Boucher, V. E. McCoy, E. J. Hermsen, S. R. Manchester, C. C. Visaggi...
Sari: Elements of Paleontology
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009770484)
In this Element, the authors present a baseline inventory of the Cenozoic paleobotany of the National Park System as a first step in stimulating new research, curation, and outreach projects that utilize these resources....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Feb-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691269832)
A wonderfully illustrated history of geology from ancient times to the present dayThe geological processes that underlie all life on Earth can seem intimidatingly vast, ancient, and sometimes even alien. Our planet’s dynamics have f...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 06-Jan-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231222235)
Earth has existed for an immense period of time—an almost unimaginable 4.6 billion years. If we ventured far enough into the past, would we reach a time when our planet was fundamentally different? Did it always have landscapes like those we see toda...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 06-Jan-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231222228)
Geologist Simon Lamb shows that the key to answering crucial questions about Earth’s history lies in ancient rocks from the days when the planet was young. Earth has existed for an immense period of time—an almost unimaginable 4.6 billion yea...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300246148)
A lively account of the history of our planet, from its earliest origins to the present day, told through the major geological changes and scientific breakthroughs Where has our planet come from, and what lies beneath its surface? Ho...Loe edasi...
Rock by rock, this dazzling volume invites us to engage with a progressively nuanced reading of geologys history and its lasting colonial legacyIf you enter an institutional mineralogical collection, you typically encounter glass ca...Loe edasi...
Telling the story of the four-billion-year history of Earth and life, this book attempts to answer some of our most fundamental questions: how did our Earth come to be? How did the Earths oceans, atmosphere, and climate form? How did life begin?...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Aug-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198945413)
Telling the story of the four-billion-year history of Earth and life, this book attempts to answer some of our most fundamental questions: how did our Earth come to be? How did the Earths oceans, atmosphere, and climate form? How did life begin?...Loe edasi...
Laurence Mitchell uncovers the stories that flint has to tell us in this celebratory journey through the natural and cultural history of the stone. Beneath the bands of chalk that cover the UK lies flint, a mineral that has sha...Loe edasi...
The book presents the geological evolution of the Baltic Sea area since its inception, i.e., from the Late Glacial to the present day. The book presents the geological evolution of the Baltic Sea area since its inception, i.e., fro...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-May-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197755099)
Drawing from a broad range of geoscience, bioscience, and other sciences, Mysterious Ways speaks to the stories we tell about how our world came to be, how it changes, and our place in it. Describing how evolution and selection operate at th...Loe edasi...
Traverse North Americas vibrant geologic past in 14 chapters that expose ancient rock formations, dynamic tectonic forces, and early Native American journeys. Rich images, maps, charts, and a geologic time scale illuminate the natural processes tha...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-May-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: ISTE Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781789452037)
Since their origins billions of years ago, life on Earth and the planet’s surface have undergone profound transformations. Microorganisms inhabiting a primitive planet enveloped by a dioxygen-free atmosphere have evolved into the modern biodiversi...Loe edasi...
This introductory undergraduate textbook provides a conceptual approach to Earth History and Historical Geology by focusing on key events to explain fundamental geological concepts. Its engaging narrative style and full-colour illustrations offer a b...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781108498524)
Providing a new approach to Earth history, this engaging undergraduate textbook highlights key episodes in the history of our planet and uses them to explain the most important concepts in geology. Rather than presenting exhaustive descriptions of ea...Loe edasi...
Today the Northeast of Scotland is the picture of peace and tranquillity. Some of the highest quality agricultural land is to be found here. But it was not always like this. Written for the non-expert and including stunning photographs and diagrams,...Loe edasi...
This book provides insights into the evolution of geological ideas in Ireland; gives assessments of underrepresented scientists; and offers an appreciation of the value of geological collections for historical research. Ireland has...Loe edasi...
Worked stones are one of the most commonly encountered materials in archaeological excavations and surveys. They can be either minerals or, if granular aggregates of one or more types of minerals, rocks. The correct identification of these stones is...Loe edasi...
Recent biodiversity studies, reported here for the first time, have shown that the molluscan fauna of the Gulf of Mexico is far richer and more complex than previously thought. The Gulf malacofauna is shown to contain large numbers of endemic specie...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Oct-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691199672)
How the idea of deep time transformed how Americans see their country and themselvesDuring the nineteenth century, Americans were shocked to learn that the land beneath their feet had once been stalked by terrifying beasts. T. re...Loe edasi...
Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, Third Edition, Six Volume Set brings together the multidisciplinary expertise needed to understand the history of humans, life, environmental, and climate change to understand what we may expect over the...Loe edasi...
The Connemara region in Western Ireland is world-renowned for its outstanding geology that blends with spectacular landscapes. This book and its many colorful illustrations, maps, diagrams, field, and landscape images, detail the origin and formatio...Loe edasi...
( Somervilles) infectious enthusiasm and wry humour infuse his journey from the Isle of Lewis to southern England, revealing our rich geological history with vibrant local and natural history. ObserverAn illuminating take on the Bri...Loe edasi...
The ancient Egyptian Civilization dominated the northeast corner of Africa-including modern-day Egypt and, at times, northern Sudan-from about 3000 BC at the beginning of the Dynastic period to AD 642 at the end of the Roman period. Most of what it l...Loe edasi...
How much of the folk tales of our ancestors is rooted in fact, and what can they tell us about the future? In todays society it is the written word that holds the authority. We are more likely to trust the words found in a history textb...Loe edasi...
From planetary surfaces to crystals and their boundaries, maps are fundamental tools for developing geological knowledge. This book spans not only these scales but also the history of earth science-exploring techniques and applications. It celebrates...Loe edasi...
