Our Restless Earth

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Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9780870492303
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (923 download)

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Book Synopsis Our Restless Earth by : Edward T. Luther

Download or read book Our Restless Earth written by Edward T. Luther and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memphis is built on land once the bottom of a sea, Nashville rests within a 600-foot-depth basin eroded from a mighty arch, Knoxville and Chattanooga nestle on lands that have migrates - Knoxville's underpinning traveling all the way from the middle of Sevier County. Our Restless Earth is written for all Tennesseans who are curios about the origins of familiar landscapes. Edward T. Luther describes a state that has attracted specialists from all over the world to study its fascinating geology, a state that in its long east-west axis encompasses nine distinct geologic regions. Appearing here are phenomena such as the New Madrid earthquake that formed Reelfoot lake, the state's almost forgotten gold rush, 60-foot reptiles that once inhabited parts of McNairy County, and the contrary Tennessee River that could not decide which way to flow. The origins of the state's oil, coal, iron, marble, and famous cave country - these too are a part of Our Restless Earth. Edward T. Luther is a native Tennessean whose professional career as a geologist and personal interest in writing have pointed him toward the preparation of this book. Since receiving his advanced degree in geology from Vanderbilt University in 1951, he has come to know that state intimately - first as a team member of the Tennessee Geological Survey and more recently as supervisor of the Survey's research program. He is also an avid reader of fiction and has long been interested in applying writing skills to his technical knowledge in order to make the fascinating science of the earth available to a wider audience.

Restless Earth

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Restless Earth written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information about the geologic and meteorologic processes that shape the Earth's environment, reporting on cataclysmic events such as volcanos, earthquakes, and tornadoes, and looking at some of history's most devastating natural disasters.

The Restless Earth

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Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis The Restless Earth by : Nigel Calder

Download or read book The Restless Earth written by Nigel Calder and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1978 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Restless Earth

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Publisher : Newbridge Educational Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781567842371
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (423 download)

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Book Synopsis The Restless Earth by : Melvin Berger

Download or read book The Restless Earth written by Melvin Berger and published by Newbridge Educational Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student Book

Perils of a Restless Planet

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521654883
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (548 download)

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Book Synopsis Perils of a Restless Planet by : Ernest Zebrowski

Download or read book Perils of a Restless Planet written by Ernest Zebrowski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From epidemics and earthquakes to tornadoes and tidal waves, the overwhelming power of Nature never ceases to instil humankind with both terror and awe. As natural disasters continue to claim human lives and wreak havoc in their wake, Perils of a Restless Planet examines our attempts to understand and anticipate such phenomena. Drawing upon case studies from ancient to present times, this book focuses on scientific inquiry, technological innovation and public policy to provide a lucid and riveting look at natural disasters. While shedding light on the elusive quality of Nature and the limits scientific study and laboratory replication impose on our understanding of her mercurial ways, the author extrapolates from the history of science to suggest how we may someday learn to warn and protect vulnerable populations on our small and tempestuous planet. Anyone interested in the power of Nature will find this book compelling and informative.

Layers of the Earth

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Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0791097064
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Layers of the Earth by : Krista West

Download or read book Layers of the Earth written by Krista West and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how scientists study the inner workings of the earth using such tools as global positioning, seismology, and computer modeling.

Air, Water, Earth, Fire

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Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030780139
Total Pages : 236 pages
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Book Synopsis Air, Water, Earth, Fire by : Angelo Peccerillo

Download or read book Air, Water, Earth, Fire written by Angelo Peccerillo and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-03 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book describes the structure, composition and evolution of the Earth, the main geological processes occurring on it, and how some crucial environmental matters that are amply debated in the media (e.g. pollution, greenhouse effect) can be fully understood by placing them in the holistic context of the system Earth as a whole. It provides basic information on a series of key geological issues, from the structure and composition of the Earth to the large-scale processes that characterize our planet, such as rock alteration and sedimentation, magmatism, geomagnetism, seismicity, plate tectonics, cyclical migration of chemical elements through various Earth reservoirs (Geochemical Cycles), and evolution of the planet from Hadean to present. It intends to reach a wide readership, which is interested in our planet and wish to have a general and comprehensive view of its origin, evolution and activity. Potential readership includes undergraduate and advanced undergraduate students in Geology and other scientific disciplines, and any moderately- to well-educated people interested in the surrounding world and eager to gain a basic knowledge of the Earth and to reach an integrated view of how our planet is working.

Restless Earth

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 125 pages
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Book Synopsis Restless Earth by : Nigel Calder

Download or read book Restless Earth written by Nigel Calder and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Good Night, Earth

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Publisher : Yonder
ISBN 13 : 9781632062864
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Book Synopsis Good Night, Earth by : Linda Bondestam

Download or read book Good Night, Earth written by Linda Bondestam and published by Yonder. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the savanna to the city to outer space, celebrated Nordic children's book illustrator Linda Bondestam offers a charming peek at the many ways we settle in for sleep, with gorgeous, dreamlike illustrations full of offbeat humor. Discover the bedtime routines of animals all over the world through the eyes of an alien family on a faraway planet. Little monkey needs his mama to play at least seventy-three songs on the ukulele to fall asleep. A meerkat family enjoys some stretches together as the sun goes down, while baby sloth is a bedtime expert--she's already snoozing soundly in the trees. Die-cut pages invite little ones to help new animal friends get cozy under the covers. With unconventional illustrations full of wit and tenderness, Good Night Earth is a sweetly silly exploration of how all kinds of creatures find peaceful and playful ways to end the day.

A Planet for Rent

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Publisher : Restless Books
ISBN 13 : 1632060086
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis A Planet for Rent by : Yoss

Download or read book A Planet for Rent written by Yoss and published by Restless Books. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most successful and controversial Cuban Science Fiction writer of all time, Yoss (aka José Miguel Sánchez Gómez) is known for his acerbic portraits of the island under Communism. In his bestselling A Planet for Rent, Yoss pays homage to Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles and 334 by Thomas M. Disch. A critique of Cuba in the nineties, after the fall of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, A Planet for Rent marks the debut in English of an astonishingly brave and imaginative Latin American voice. Praise for Yoss “One of the most prestigious science fiction authors of the island.” —On Cuba Magazine "A gifted and daring writer." —David Iaconangelo "José Miguel Sánchez [Yoss] is Cuba’s most decorated science fiction author, who has cultivated the most prestige for this genre in the mainstream, and the only person of all the Island’s residents who lives by his pen.” —Cuenta Regresiva Born José Miguel Sánchez Gómez, Yoss assumed his pen name in 1988, when he won the Premio David Award in the science fiction category for Timshel. Together with his peculiar pseudonym, the author's aesthetic of an impentinent rocker has allowed him to stand out amongst his fellow Cuban writers. Earning a degree in Biology in 1991, he went on to graduate from the first ever course on Narrative Techniques at the Onelio Jorge Cardoso Center of Literary Training, in the year 1999. Today, Yoss writes both realistic and science fiction works. Alongside these novels, the author produces essays, Praise for, and compilations, and actively promotes the Cuban science fiction literary workshops, Espiral and Espacio Abierto. When he isn’t translating, David Frye teaches Latin American culture and society at the University of Michigan. Translations include First New Chronicle and Good Government by Guaman Poma de Ayala (Peru, 1615); The Mangy Parrot by José Joaquín Fernandez de Lizardi (Mexico, 1816), for which he received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship; Writing across Cultures: Narrative Transculturation in Latin America by Ángel Rama (Uruguay, 1982), and several Cuban and Spanish novels and poems.

The Restless Earth

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ISBN 13 : 9781582735115
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (351 download)

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Tim, Defender of the Earth

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781595141842
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (418 download)

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Book Synopsis Tim, Defender of the Earth by : Sam Enthoven

Download or read book Tim, Defender of the Earth written by Sam Enthoven and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When two gargantuan, human-made monsters clash over the future of the human race and the planet, fourteen-year-old Anna Mallahide has a hard time convincing her classmate, Chris Pitman, that he must play any role in the outcome of their epic battle.

The Restless Clock

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022630292X
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Book Synopsis The Restless Clock by : Jessica Riskin

Download or read book The Restless Clock written by Jessica Riskin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A core principle of modern science holds that a scientific explanation must not attribute will or agency to natural phenomena.The Restless Clock examines the origins and history of this, in particular as it applies to the science of living things. This is also the story of a tradition of radicals—dissenters who embraced the opposite view, that agency is an essential and ineradicable part of nature. Beginning with the church and courtly automata of early modern Europe, Jessica Riskin guides us through our thinking about the extent to which animals might be understood as mere machines. We encounter fantastic robots and cyborgs as well as a cast of scientific and philosophical luminaries, including Descartes and Leibnitz, Lamarck and Darwin, whose ideas gain new relevance in Riskin's hands. The book ends with a riveting discussion of how the dialectic continues in genetics, epigenetics, and evolutionary biology, where work continues to naturalize different forms of agency.The Restless Clock reveals the deeply buried roots of current debates in artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and evolutionary biology.

The Restless Earth Set, 6-Volumes

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Publisher : Chelsea House Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780791098783
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The Restless Earth Set, 6-Volumes written by Chelsea House Publishers and published by Chelsea House Publications. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Earth is a dynamic entity, continually shifting and moving. Though it supports life, the Earth is a restless planet capable of powerful destruction. The new, colorfully illustrated set ""The Restless Earth"" introduces essential geology topics - such as plate tectonics, erosion, and deposition - to readers and details the forces that are both powerful and potentially destructive on the third planet from the sun. Each highly readable title features full-color photographs and illustrations that lend visual interest to understanding these topics. This essential set for young readers was developed in collaboration with the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, a leader in science learning.

The Restless Earth

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Total Pages : 15 pages
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Book Synopsis The Restless Earth by : Theodore Rowland-Entwistle

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Practical Handbook of Earth Science

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Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351374702
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Book Synopsis Practical Handbook of Earth Science by : Jane H. Hodgkinson

Download or read book Practical Handbook of Earth Science written by Jane H. Hodgkinson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This self-contained handbook provides a carefully researched, compact source of key earth science information and data, logically sorted by subject matter, and then cross-referenced. Appealing to both experts and non-experts alike, the book presents earth science and environmental science as closely intertwined. It includes tables of the global distributions of fossil fuels, contrasted by tables of the distribution of non-fossil energy sources. Concise explanations cover the subject matters of geology, geophysics, oceans, atmosphere with attention to environmental implications and resources.

Geophysics

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198792956
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Book Synopsis Geophysics by : William Lowrie

Download or read book Geophysics written by William Lowrie and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. What is geophysics? -- 2. Planet Earth -- 3. Seismology and the Earth's internal structure -- 4. Siesmicity--the restless Earth -- 5. Gravity and the figure of the Earth -- 6. The Earth's heat -- 7. The Earth's magnetic field -- 8. Afterthoughts