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Earth Sciences
  • Trim Size: 6 X 9
  • ISBN-10: 0816074429
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-7442-6
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $39.50
  • Imprint: Facts On File
  • Published: 03/01/2010
  • Dewey Number: 551
  • Reading Level: Grades 9 and up
  • Pages: 232

Summary

Earth is home to environments as varied as rain forests and deserts, and is a large, complicated object to study. The interactions of the planet's various components—including the atmosphere, oceans, land, and the rocks and metals of the interior—produce a bewildering array of phenomena. Many of these phenomena strongly impact people's lives, despite the fact that the realm of human society does not generally extend beyond the Earth's surface.

Earth Sciences examines the explorers and scientists who venture into the unknown frontiers of this scientific field—and the unexpected things they often uncover. Describing the evolution of main topics in Earth sciences, this book explains the problems researchers are currently investigating as well as the methods they have developed to solve them.

Chapters include:

  • Exploring Earth's Depths
  • Origin and Variability of Earth's Magnetic Field
  • Volcanoes and Hotspots
  • Geothermal Energy—A Furnace Beneath the Soil
  • Water Management—Conserving an Essential Resource
  • Predicting Earthquakes.

Specifications

Full-color photographs and line illustrations. Index. Glossary. Chronologies. Print and Web resources.

About the Author(s)

Kyle Kirkland, Ph.D., received his doctorate in neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania. He remains active in research and devotes considerable time to explaining mathematics and science to layperson audiences. He has published a number of articles on science, the history of science, and the present and future impact of science on our society. Kirkland is also the coauthor of Optics in Facts On File's Science and Technology in Focus set as well as the Physics in Our World set.

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