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John A. McPhee Basin and Range (Paperback)
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Book Title
- Basin and Range
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- EAN
- 9780374516901
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Genre
- Science
- ISBN
- 9780374516901
- ISBN-10
- 0374516901
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Item Weight
- 9.2 Oz
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Basin and Range
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Release Date
- 31/12/1990
- Release Year
- 1990
- Title
- Basin and Range
- Book Series
- Annals of the Former World Ser.
- Publication Year
- 1982
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Topic
- Earth Sciences / Geology
- Item Width
- 5.7 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world--a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds of discrete high mountain ranges that are green with junipers and often white with snow. The terrain becomes the setting for a lyrical evocation of the science of geology, with important digressions into the plate-tectonics revolution and the history of the geologic time scale.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374516901
ISBN-13
9780374516901
eBay Product ID (ePID)
126369
Product Key Features
Book Title
Basin and Range
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Earth Sciences / Geology
Book Series
Annals of the Former World Ser.
Publication Year
1982
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Item Weight
9.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Series Volume Number
1
Reviews
McPhee has taken on something that all of us--especially the American Geological Institute and its news magazine Geotimes--should take on: the explanation to non-geologists of what geology is all about., He triumphs by succinct prose, by his uncanny ability to capture the essence of a complex issue, or an arcane trade secret, in a well-turned phrase., In Basin and Range , McPhee is not so much a visiting amateur as a rhapsodist of "deep time" . . . The result is a fascinating book., "InBasin and Range, McPhee is not so much a visiting amateur as a rhapsodist of "deep time" . . . The result is a fascinating book." Paul Zweig,The New York Times Book Review, One result of the trip west is an introduction to plate tectonics--probably the most readable summary extant. Geologists will find it sound, others will find it understandable and illuminating., "In Basin and Range , McPhee is not so much a visiting amateur as a rhapsodist of "deep time" . . . The result is a fascinating book." Paul Zweig, The New York Times Book Review "One result of the trip west is an introduction to plate tectonics--probably the most readable summary extant. Geologists will find it sound, others will find it understandable and illuminating." -- Geotimes "He triumphs by succinct prose, by his uncanny ability to capture the essence of a complex issue, or an arcane trade secret, in a well-turned phrase." -- Stephen J. Gould, New York Review of Books "An exciting account of geology and the geologist, providing both an excellent history and an up-to-date snapshot of our science in the 1980s." -- Howard R. Gould President, the Geological Society of America "McPhee has taken on something that all of us--especially the American Geological Institute and its news magazine Geotimes--should take on: the explanation to non-geologists of what geology is all about." -- Wendell Cochran, Geotimes "The best popular portrayal of geology that I have seen in my thirty-two years of experience as a professional geologist." -- H. A. Kuehnert, Director, Worldwide Exploration, Phillips Petroleum Company, The best popular portrayal of geology that I have seen in my thirty-two years of experience as a professional geologist., InBasin and Range, McPhee is not so much a visiting amateur as a rhapsodist of deep time" . . . The result is a fascinating book." – Paul Zweig,The New York Times Book Review One result of the trip west is an introduction to plate tectonics--probably the most readable summary extant. Geologists will find it sound, others will find it understandable and illuminating." --Geotimes He triumphs by succinct prose, by his uncanny ability to capture the essence of a complex issue, or an arcane trade secret, in a well-turned phrase." -- Stephen J. Gould,New York Review of Books An exciting account of geology and the geologist, providing both an excellent history and an up-to-date snapshot of our science in the 1980s." -- Howard R. Gould President, the Geological Society of America McPhee has taken on something that all of us--especially the American Geological Institute and its news magazine Geotimes--should take on: the explanation to non-geologists of what geology is all about." -- Wendell Cochran,Geotimes The best popular portrayal of geology that I have seen in my thirty-two years of experience as a professional geologist." -- H. A. Kuehnert, Director, Worldwide Exploration, Phillips Petroleum Company, "In Basin and Range , McPhee is not so much a visiting amateur as a rhapsodist of "deep time" . . . The result is a fascinating book." -- Paul Zweig, The New York Times Book Review "One result of the trip west is an introduction to plate tectonics--probably the most readable summary extant. Geologists will find it sound, others will find it understandable and illuminating." -- Geotimes "He triumphs by succinct prose, by his uncanny ability to capture the essence of a complex issue, or an arcane trade secret, in a well-turned phrase." -- Stephen J. Gould, New York Review of Books "An exciting account of geology and the geologist, providing both an excellent history and an up-to-date snapshot of our science in the 1980s." -- Howard R. Gould President, the Geological Society of America "McPhee has taken on something that all of us--especially the American Geological Institute and its news magazine Geotimes--should take on: the explanation to non-geologists of what geology is all about." -- Wendell Cochran, Geotimes "The best popular portrayal of geology that I have seen in my thirty-two years of experience as a professional geologist." -- H. A. Kuehnert, Director, Worldwide Exploration, Phillips Petroleum Company, An exciting account of geology and the geologist, providing both an excellent history and an up-to-date snapshot of our science in the 1980s.
Lccn
80-028679
Dewey Decimal
557.9
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