Douglas (Hrsg.) Palmer

Earth Time

Exploring the Deep Past from Victorian England to the Grand Canyon

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Walk from London to North Wales, as a certain William Smith did, or from the top of the Grand Canyon to the river bed and you will walk through history from the present time to the deepest and most secret time in the history of the Earth. In this fascinating tale Douglas Palmer explores mankindâ??s quest to understand the history of the planet on which we live. As nineteenth century explorers delved deeper into the hidden parts of the visible world, so scientists of the time explored the hidden depths of the Earthâ??s past. Douglas Palmer reveals the story of humankindâ??s search for a better understanding of the Earthâ??s story from the bibl… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-470-02233-7
EAN: 9780470022337
Produktnummer: 13921546
Verlag: Wiley
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 358 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 8'092 KB

Über den Autor

Douglas Palmer is an academic, lecturer and popular science writer. He is author or co-author of a wide range of books on prehistoric life and fossils, including the best selling Earth. He teaches for the Cambridge University Natural Science Tripos and the International Summer School. A former earth sciences lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin, he also spent two years as an exhibition coordinator at the National Museum of Wales.