The first of John McPhee’s works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world—a history of vanished landscapes, ...

This book will reach, inform, and enable citizens everywhere to join this battle for our planet.

One of the most important scientific classics, and first to offer detailed technical drawings illustrating mining techniques, field research, and the earliest scientific methods. Translated by Herbert Hoover. 289 woodcuts.

Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources in both English and Korean, these essays recover and contextualize many of the ambiguities in South Korea's trajectory from poverty to a sustainable high rate of economic growth.

The story of how scientists reached that conclusion—by way of unexpected twists and turns—was the story Spencer Weart told in The Discovery of Global Warming.

Answers to all questions are included. This second edition has been updated to reflect recent discoveries. Printing errors have been corrected, and new photographs support the text.

The fifth edition belongs on the bookshelf of all serious students.' Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech 'With an exceptional balance between breadth and depth, this is undoubtedly a timely and ground-breaking revision of the Dictionary.

From the Red Deer River in Alberta to the Gobi Desert, the author pieces together fossil evidence to describe the horned dinosaurs (ceratopsia) - their anatomy, biology and geography - and to evoke the human element of their discovery and ...

A fully updated third edition of this classic textbook, containing two new chapters on numerical modelling supported by online MATLAB® codes.

An essential resource for paleontologists, biologists, geologists, and teachers, The Rise of Animals is the best single reference on one of earth's most significant events.