Description
| Product ID: | 9781788161640 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Notes from Deep Time |
| Subtitle: | A Journey Through Our Past and Future Worlds |
| Authors: | Author: Helen Gordon |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Historical geology and palaeogeology, Historical geology, Rocks, minerals and fossils: general interest, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Rocks, minerals & fossils, The Earth: natural history general |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The Earth writes its own story in the landscape. A novelist sets out on a journey to piece it together. ''Astounding ... To call this a "history" does not do justice to Helen Gordon''s ambition'' Simon Ings, Daily Telegraph ''Awe-inspiring ... She has imbued geological tales with a beauty and humanity'' Shaoni Bhattacharya-Woodward, Mail on Sunday The story of the Earth is written into our landscape: it''s there in the curves of hills, the colours of stone, surprising eruptions of vegetation. Wanting a fresh perspective on her own life, the writer Helen Gordon set out to read that epic narrative. Her odyssey takes her from the secret fossils of London to the 3-billion-year-old rocks of the Scottish Highlands, and from a state-of-the-art earthquake monitoring system in California to one of the world''s most dangerous volcanic complexes in Naples. At every step, she finds that the apparently solid ground beneath our feet isn''t quite as it seems. |
| Imprint Name: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-02-03 |
