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Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In Underland, Macfarlane delivers his masterpiece: an epic exploration of the Earth's underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself. He takes us on an extraordinary journey into our relationship with darkness, burial, and what lies beneath the surface of both place and mind. Traveling through "deep time"--the dizzying expanses of geologic time that stretch away from the present--he moves from the birth of the universe...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The Spectacular Science of Planet Earth is guaranteed to answer all those tricky science questions that children ask about earthquakes and volcanoes, weather and geology - and that parents often struggle to answer. Did you know what causes an Ice Age? Or how a diamond forms? And where can you stand in a dinosaur footprint? Answers to all of these questions and many, many more are explained in Spectular Science of Planet Earth. The bright, busy artworks...
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Delve beneath the surface of Earth with this pictorial atlas and discover the secrets of our planet. How did planet Earth form? What s under the surface, and how can we see it? Why do volcanoes erupt? What do coasts and caves have in common? What s so important about rocks and soil? If you find yourself seeking the answers to these questions and more, then this may be the book for you! Introducing The Earth Atlas a lavishly illustrated guide to our...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An exhilarating, time-traveling journey to the solar system's strangest and most awe-inspiring volcanoes. Volcanoes are capable of acts of pyrotechnical prowess verging on magic: they spout black magma more fluid than water, create shimmering cities of glass at the bottom of the ocean and frozen lakes of lava on the moon, and can even tip entire planets over. Despite their reputation for destruction, volcanoes are inseparable from the creation of...
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