Earth Sciences category: 10037 books
Geochemistry of Earth Surface Systems
A derivative of the Treatise on Geochemistry
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
Geochemistry of Earth Surface Systems offers an interdisciplinary reference for scientists, researchers and upper undergraduate and graduate level geochemistry students a sampling of articles on earth surface processes from The Treatise on Geochemistry that is more affordable than the full Treatise....
Devil in the Mountain
A Search for the Origin of the Andes
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
How do high mountain ranges form on the face of the Earth? This question has intrigued some of the greatest philosophers and scientists, going back as far as the ancient Greeks. Devil in the Mountain is the story of one scientist, author Simon Lamb, and his quest for the key to this great geological...
by P.C. Keller
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Each gem deposit-whether of primary origin in the parent rocks; or secondary as alluvial placers in valley floors, river gravels, or the sand of oceanic shelves presents an eloquent chronicle of the Earth's life story. It reveals to the expert the prodigious processes which formed the present crust...
by Kenneth P. Kodama, Linda A. Hinnov
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Rock magnetic cyclostratigraphy merges environmental magnetism, in which rock magnetic measurements are used to detect past environmental change, and cyclostratigraphy, in which cyclic variations of lithology or a sedimentary rock’s physical properties are related to astronomically-forced paleoclimate...
by Frank D. Stacey, Paul M. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2008
The fourth edition of Physics of the Earth maintains the original philosophy of this classic graduate textbook on fundamental solid earth geophysics, while being completely revised, updated, and restructured into a more modular format to make individual topics even more accessible. Building on the...
The Whole Story of Climate
What Science Reveals About the Nature of Endless Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
In the publicity surrounding global warming, climate scientists are usually the experts consulted by the media. We rarely hear from geologists, who for almost two hundred years have been studying the history of Earth's dramatic and repeated climate revolutions, as revealed in the evidence of rocks...
by 廖振順
Language: Chinese
Release Date: March 2, 2012
Language: Chinese
Release Date: March 2, 2012
‧巴哈馬首都港灣中凸堤，不但外形像陽具，連內部構造的尿道都有……更不可思議的是，前端還有分泌物滴下來，真是太讓人噴飯了。 ‧美國明尼蘇達州、紐約州連綿不絕的小丘，都統一朝著同一個方向，太詭異了！這又是外星人幹的？...
An Ocean of Air
Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2008
We don’t just live in the air; we live because of it. It’s the most miraculous substance on earth, responsible for our food, our weather, our water, and our ability to hear. In this exuberant book, gifted science writer Gabrielle Walker peels back the layers of our atmosphere with the stories...
Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook
The Complete Middle School Study Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
It’s the revolutionary science study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest.
Everything You Need to Ace Science . . . takes readers from scientific investigation and the engineering design process to the Periodic Table; forces and motion; forms of energy;...
What Is the World Made Of?
All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Can you make an ice cube disappear? Put it on a hot sidewalk. It melts into water and then vanishes! The ice cube changes from solid to liquid to gas. This Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out picture book is a fascinating exploration of the three states of matter.
Now rebranded with a new cover...
The Map That Changed the World
William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2009
In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell—clear across England and, indeed, clear across the world—making it...
Drawdown
The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
**• New York Times bestseller •
The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world
“At this point in time, the Drawdown book is exactly what is needed; a credible, conservative...
Don't Know Much About Geography
Everything You Need to Know About the World but Never Learned
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Don't Know Much About Geography by New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis is a fascinating and fun exploration of our planet.
Geography is the hub from which other disciplines radiate: meteorology, ecology, geology, oceanography, demographics, cartography, agricultural studies, economics,...
Bretz's Flood
The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
The land between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains is characterized by gullies, coulees, and deserts--in geologic terms, it is a wholly unique place on the earth. Legendary geologist J Harlen Bretz, starting in the 1920s, was the first to explore the area. Bretz, a former science teacher at Franklin...