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Around thirty years ago, two things happened that were to revolutionize the understanding of our home planet. First, geologists realized that the continents themselves were drifting across the surface of the globe and that oceans were being created and destroyed. Secondly, pictures of the entire planet were returned from space. Suddenly, the Earth began to be viewed as a single entity; a dynamic, interacting whole, controlled by complex processes we scarcely understood. This Introduction show more explores emerging geological research and explains how new advances in the understanding of plate tectonics, seismology, and satellite imagery have enabled us to begin to see the Earth as it actually is: dynamic and ever changing. show lessTags
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Und wieder eines der hervorragenden Bücher aus der Serie "Very Short Introductions". Trotz des begrenzten Umfangs schafft es der Autor, sowohl gut lesbar als auch fachlich korrekt und aktuell zu schreiben.
Very short indeed.
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- The Earth: A Very Short Introduction
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- How can you put a big round planet in a small flat book?
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Overall, I am an optimist and like to imagine planetary scientists of the future exploring and colonizing new worlds and comparing them with the dynamic planet we call Earth.
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