The encyclopedia is divided into six sections that are designed for either browsing or in-depth study. Birth gives an overview of Earth's 4.6-billion-year history, including the evolution of life. Fire explains the inner workings of our dynamic planet, its structure, and the tectonic forces that have molded its landscape. Land surveys rocks, minerals, and habitats. Air covers weather, including extreme weather events such as tornadoes and hurricanes. Water tours the oceans, rivers, and lakes of the world. The final section, Humans, provides a compelling portrait of our relationship with Earth, and of how the natural world has shaped social and political developments.
Copub: Weldon Owen Publishing
The Encyclopedia of Earth features:
* Some of the world's finest landscape photography and hundreds of detailed illustrations and diagrams, cross sections, cutaways, maps, and charts
* Coverage of topics including volcanology, paleontology, geology, natural history, cosmology, and more
* Simple, easy-to-understand explanations of complex phenomena
* The most recent scientific information and conservation data
* "Fact files" providing information at readers' fingertips
* "Heritage Watch" boxes focusing on key conservation issues and World Heritage sites
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780520254718
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-520-25471-8
- Verlag: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
- Erscheinungstermin: 01.09.2008
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2008
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 2495 g
- Seiten: 608
- Format (B x H x T): 235 x 270 x 41 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt