Name: Geopedia: A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities: 6 (Pedia Books, 6)
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Author: Marcia Bjornerud
ISBN: 9780691212579

portada Geopedia: A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities: 6 (Pedia Books, 6)

Geopedia: A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities: 6 (Pedia Books, 6)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Marcia Bjornerud

Illustrated by

Haley Hagerman

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Year

2022

Language

English

Pages

200

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

17.5 x 11.7 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN13

9780691212579

Synopsis "Geopedia: A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities: 6 (Pedia Books, 6) "

A garden of geologic delights for all Earthlings Geopedia is a trove of geologic wonders and the evocative terms that humans have devised to describe them. Featuring dozens of entries--from Acasta gneiss to Zircon--this illustrated compendium is brimming with lapidary and lexical insights that will delight rockhounds and word lovers alike. Geoscientists are magpies for words, and with good reason. The sheer profusion of minerals, landforms, and geologic events produced by our creative planet demands an immense vocabulary to match. Marcia Bjornerud shows how this lexicon reflects not only the diversity of rocks and geologic processes but also the long history of human interactions with them. With wit and warmth, she invites all readers to celebrate the geologic glossary--a gallimaufry of allusions to mythology, imports from diverse languages, embarrassing anachronisms, and recent neologisms. This captivating book includes cross-references at the end of each entry, inviting you to leave the alphabetic trail and meander through it like a river. Its pocket-friendly size makes it the perfect travel companion no matter where your own geologic forays may lead you. With whimsical illustrations by Haley Hagerman, Geopedia is a mix of engaging and entertaining facts about how the earth works, how it has coevolved with life over billions of years, and how our understanding of the planet has deepened over time.Features a real cloth cover with an elaborate foil-stamped design

Marcia Bjornerud

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Marcia Bjornerud es geóloga estructural y su investigación se centra en la física de los terremotos y la formación de montañas. Combina estudios de campo sobre la geología del lecho rocoso con modelos cuantitativos de mecánica de rocas. Ha realizado investigaciones en el Alto Ártico noruego (Svalbard) y Canadá (isla de Ellesmere), así como en Noruega continental, Italia, Nueva Zelanda y la región del Lago Superior.

Bjornerud es miembro de la Sociedad Geológica de América y ha sido becaria Fulbright Senior en la Universidad de Oslo, Noruega, y la Universidad de Otago, Nueva Zelanda. Colabora con The New Yorker , Wired, The Wall Street Journal y Los Angeles Times , y es autora de varios libros para público general: Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth ; Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World y Geopedia: A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities. Timefulness fue preseleccionado para el Premio PEN/EOWilson de Escritura Científica Literaria de 2019 y fue finalista del Premio del Libro de Ciencia y Tecnología del LA Times .

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