Unearthing the Underworld

A Natural History of Rocks

Ken McNamara (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2023
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-718-6 (ISBN)

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An illumination of the the hidden world of rocks - the secret-keepers of past environments, of changing climates and the pulse of life over billions of years.

Unearthing the Underworld reveals the hidden world of rocks - the secret-keepers of past environments, of changing climates and the pulse of life over billions of years. Even the most seemingly ordinary stone can tell us much about the history of this planet, opening vistas of ancient worlds of ice, raging floods, strange, unbreathable atmospheres and prehistoric worlds teeming with life.
Remarkably, many types of rock owe their existence to living organisms, from the remains of dead animals to rotting ancient forests, or even the activity of fungi, bacteria and viruses. Anything but dull and uninteresting, rocks are intriguing portals that illuminate the secret underworld upon which we live.

Ken McNamara is an Emeritus Fellow of Downing College, University of Cambridge. He is the author of many books on palaeontology and evolution, including Dragons' Teeth and Thunderstones: The Quest for the Meaning of Fossils (Reaktion, 2020).

Erscheinungsdatum	10.07.2023
Zusatzinfo	73 illustrations, 20 in colour
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 208 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
ISBN-10	1-78914-718-2 / 1789147182
ISBN-13	978-1-78914-718-6 / 9781789147186
Zustand	Neuware