Sand the never-ending story /
From individual grains to desert dunes, from the bottom of the sea to the landscapes of Mars, and from billions of years in the past to the future, this is the extraordinary story of one of nature's humblest, most powerful, and most ubiquitous materials. Told by a geologist with a novelist'...
| Основен автор: | Welland, Michael, 1946- |
|---|---|
| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
℗♭2009.
|
| Предмети: | |
| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=672937 |
| Резюме: |
From individual grains to desert dunes, from the bottom of the sea to the landscapes of Mars, and from billions of years in the past to the future, this is the extraordinary story of one of nature's humblest, most powerful, and most ubiquitous materials. Told by a geologist with a novelist's sense of language and narrative, Sand examines the science-sand forensics, the physics of granular materials, sedimentology, paleontology and archaeology, planetary exploration-and at the same time explores the rich human context of sand. Interwoven with tales of artists, mathematicians, explorers. |
|---|---|
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiv, 343 pages, [15] pages of plates :) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-321) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780520942004 0520942000 |