The Earth, Martin Redfern
The Earth, Martin Redfern
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The Earth
A Very Short Introduction

Author: Martin Redfern

Narrator: Diane Cardea

Unabridged: 4 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/22/2021

Synopsis

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 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.

About Martin Redfern

Martin Redfern studied geology at University College London. He has written extensively for magazines and newspapers such as New Scientist, the Economist, the Sunday Times, and the Independent on Sunday.

Reviews

Goodreads review by robin on May 29, 2021

A Very Short Introduction To A Wonderful Planet The Very Short Introductions series of Oxford University Press offers many opportunities for learning. I have read several volumes in the series on the broadly humanistic subjects, such as philosophy, history, or literature that are within the scope of......more

Goodreads review by The Karina Chronicles on November 21, 2021

21/11/2021 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dutch Ik weet niet precies wat ik verwacht had, maar dit boekje viel me best wel tegen. Volgens mij had het al heel veel geholpen als het in chronologische volgorde geschreven was. In plaats daarvan lag de focus een soort van op de verschillende geologische......more

Goodreads review by Frank on June 14, 2021

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Goodreads review by Mary on April 07, 2016

From the first chapter, I felt like the author was trying to describe a forest by telling us about some interesting trees he'd seen. I never really shook that feeling. There is a lot of interesting information in the book, but I have no idea how comprehensive it is. Certainly a lot of the details ar......more

Goodreads review by Dennis on March 13, 2017

A short history of the Earth requires an integrated systems-understanding of outer space, the atmosphere, the ocean, soil, crust and planetary Interior. The author keeps these ideas to separate chapters and never shows their important interrelationships. This short book would have benefited by stick......more

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