New Theory of the Earth

by Don L. Anderson
New Theory of the Earth
Author: Don L. Anderson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2007-04-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1139462083
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Theory of the Earth is an interdisciplinary advanced textbook on the origin, composition, and evolution of the Earth's interior: geophysics, geochemistry, dynamics, convection, mineralogy, volcanism, energetics and thermal history. This is the only book on the whole landscape of deep Earth processes which ties together all the strands of the subdisciplines. It is a complete update of Anderson's Theory of the Earth (1989). It includes many new sections and dozens of new figures and tables. As with the original book, this new edition will prove to be a stimulating textbook on advanced courses in geophysics, geochemistry, and planetary science, and supplementary textbook on a wide range of other advanced Earth science courses. It will also be an essential reference and resource for all researchers in the solid Earth sciences.

Theory of the Earth

by Thomas Nail
Theory of the Earth
Author: Thomas Nail
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2021-04-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 150362756X
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We need a new philosophy of the earth. Geological time used to refer to slow and gradual processes, but today we are watching land sink into the sea and forests transform into deserts. We can even see the creation of new geological strata made of plastic, chicken bones, and other waste that could remain in the fossil record for millennia or longer. Crafting a philosophy of geology that rewrites natural and human history from the broader perspective of movement, Thomas Nail provides a new materialist, kinetic ethics of the earth that speaks to this moment. Climate change and other ecological disruptions challenge us to reconsider the deep history of minerals, atmosphere, plants, and animals and to take a more process-oriented perspective that sees humanity as part of the larger cosmic and terrestrial drama of mobility and flow. Building on his earlier work on the philosophy of movement, Nail argues that we should shift our biocentric emphasis from conservation to expenditure, flux, and planetary diversity. Theory of the Earth urges us to rethink our ethical relationship to one another, the planet, and the cosmos at large.

Darwin's First Theory

by Rob Wesson
Darwin's First Theory
Author: Rob Wesson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2017-04-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1681773775
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Everybody knows—or thinks they know—Charles Darwin, the father of evolution and the man who altered the way we view our place in the world. But what most people do not know is that Darwin was on board the HMS Beagle as a geologist—on a mission to examine the land, not flora and fauna.Tracing Darwin’s footsteps in South America and beyond, geologist Rob Wesson sets out on a trek across the Andes, repeating the nautical surveys made by the Beagle’s crew, hunting for fossils in Uruguay and Argentina, and explores traces of long vanished glaciers in Scotland and Wales. By following Darwin’s path literally and intellectually, Rob experiences the landscape that absorbed Darwin, followed his reasoning about what he saw, and immerses himself in the same questions about the earth. Upon Darwin’s return from the five-year journey, he conceived his theory of tectonics—his first theory. These concepts and attitudes—the vastness of time; the enormous cumulative impact of almost imperceptibly slow change; change as a constant feature of the environment—underlie his subsequent discoveries in evolution. And this peculiar way of thinking remains vitally important today as we enter the Anthropocene.

A Theory of Earth's Origin

by Otto Schmidt
A Theory of Earth's Origin
Author: Otto Schmidt
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2001-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0898754240
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This book was originally published in 1949 and consists of four lectures which were delivered at the Academy of Sciences Geophysical Institute in 1948 on the author's hypothesis of the genesis of the Earth and other planets.

Plate Tectonics

by Naomi Oreskes
Plate Tectonics
Author: Naomi Oreskes
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2018-10-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0429977913
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This book provides an overview of the history of plate tectonics, including in-context definitions of the key terms. It explains how the forerunners of the theory and how scientists working at the key academic institutions competed and collaborated until the theory coalesced.

A New Theory of the Earth

by William Whiston
A New Theory of the Earth
Author: William Whiston
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2014-08-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781498136501
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1737 Edition.

Terra Firma

by David Wardlaw Scott
Terra Firma
Author: David Wardlaw Scott
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1901-01-01
Genre:
ISBN:
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Snowball Earth

by Gabrielle Walker
Snowball Earth
Author: Gabrielle Walker
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2009-08-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1408807149
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The riveting story of Earth's first ice age and the scientist who discovered it 'An engrossing book on the emergence of a stunning new account of events on our primordial planet ... fascinating' Sunday Telegraph 'This is a story worth telling ... Walker is an ideal person to tell it ... Racy and pacey, with a focus on the people involved ... A very entertaining read' Independent 'Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet? A global adventure story and a fascinating account of scientist Paul Hoffman's quest to prove his maverick 'Snowball Earth' theory, this is science writing at its most gripping. In SNOWBALL EARTH, Gabrielle Walker takes us on a thrilling natural history expedition in search of supporting evidence for the audacious theory which argues that the Earth experienced a climatic cataclysm 600 million years ago that froze the entire planet from the poles to the equator. Because the global snowball happened so long ago the ice has now long gone - but it left its traces in rocks around the world and in order to see the evidence, Walker visited such places as Australia, Namibia, South Africa and Death Valley, USA. Part adventure story and part travel book, it's a tale of the ultimate human endeavour to understand our origins.