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Darwin's First Theory: Exploring Darwin's Quest for a Theory of Earth

Von Rob Wesson

Kategorie	Wissenschaft, allgemein
Buchnummer	#285009
Titel	Darwin's First Theory: Exploring Darwin's Quest for a Theory of Earth
Autor	Wesson, Rob
Buchtype	Gebunden hardcover met stofomslag
Verlag	New York/London, Pegasus Books
Erscheinungsjahr	2017
ISBN10	1681773163
ISBN13	9781681773162
Sprache	Englisch
Beschreibung	Hardcover, dust jacket, colour illustrations.
Zusammenfassung	An acclaimed geologist leads the reader on an adventure through the landscape that absorbed and inspired Charles Darwin. 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 experienc... (Weiterlesen)es 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.
Seiten	457
Zustand	Gut — Permanent marker line on bottom cut.
Preis	10,00 €

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