Download or read book Our Restless Earth written by Edward T. Luther and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memphis is built on land once the bottom of a sea, Nashville rests within a 600-foot-depth basin eroded from a mighty arch, Knoxville and Chattanooga nestle on lands that have migrates - Knoxville's underpinning traveling all the way from the middle of Sevier County. Our Restless Earth is written for all Tennesseans who are curios about the origins of familiar landscapes. Edward T. Luther describes a state that has attracted specialists from all over the world to study its fascinating geology, a state that in its long east-west axis encompasses nine distinct geologic regions. Appearing here are phenomena such as the New Madrid earthquake that formed Reelfoot lake, the state's almost forgotten gold rush, 60-foot reptiles that once inhabited parts of McNairy County, and the contrary Tennessee River that could not decide which way to flow. The origins of the state's oil, coal, iron, marble, and famous cave country - these too are a part of Our Restless Earth. Edward T. Luther is a native Tennessean whose professional career as a geologist and personal interest in writing have pointed him toward the preparation of this book. Since receiving his advanced degree in geology from Vanderbilt University in 1951, he has come to know that state intimately - first as a team member of the Tennessee Geological Survey and more recently as supervisor of the Survey's research program. He is also an avid reader of fiction and has long been interested in applying writing skills to his technical knowledge in order to make the fascinating science of the earth available to a wider audience.
Download or read book This Restless Earth With Illustrations and Maps written by Gordon Craig (Author of "This Restless Earth".) and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Restless Earth written by Melvin Berger and published by Newbridge Educational Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student Book
Download or read book Our Restless Earth written by Terry Jennings and published by Silver Burdett Press. This book was released on 1998-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Restless Earth written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information about the geologic and meteorologic processes that shape the Earth's environment, reporting on cataclysmic events such as volcanos, earthquakes, and tornadoes, and looking at some of history's most devastating natural disasters.
Download or read book Our restless earth written by Canadian UNICEF Committee and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perils of a Restless Planet written by Ernest Zebrowski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From epidemics and earthquakes to tornadoes and tidal waves, the overwhelming power of Nature never ceases to instil humankind with both terror and awe. As natural disasters continue to claim human lives and wreak havoc in their wake, Perils of a Restless Planet examines our attempts to understand and anticipate such phenomena. Drawing upon case studies from ancient to present times, this book focuses on scientific inquiry, technological innovation and public policy to provide a lucid and riveting look at natural disasters. While shedding light on the elusive quality of Nature and the limits scientific study and laboratory replication impose on our understanding of her mercurial ways, the author extrapolates from the history of science to suggest how we may someday learn to warn and protect vulnerable populations on our small and tempestuous planet. Anyone interested in the power of Nature will find this book compelling and informative.
Download or read book Inside the Restless Earth written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Our Restless Earth written by Roy A. Gallant and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the evidence gathered over the years by geologists that has led them to formulate certain theories about the formation of the earth and the continual changes that have been taking place ever since.
Download or read book Restless Earth written by Sue Bowler and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2002-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important scientific theories are explained clearly in these authoritative guide that features cross-references, glossaries, and thorough indexes. Essential Science.
Download or read book The Restless Earth written by Theodore Rowland-Entwistle and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wild Nights written by Benjamin Reiss and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why the modern world forgot how to sleep Why is sleep frustrating for so many people? Why do we spend so much time and money managing and medicating it, and training ourselves and our children to do it correctly? In Wild Nights, Benjamin Reiss finds answers in sleep's hidden history -- one that leads to our present, sleep-obsessed society, its tacitly accepted rules, and their troubling consequences. Today we define a good night's sleep very narrowly: eight hours in one shot, sealed off in private bedrooms, children apart from parents. But for most of human history, practically no one slept this way. Tracing sleep's transformation since the dawn of the industrial age, Reiss weaves together insights from literature, social and medical history, and cutting-edge science to show how and why we have tried and failed to tame sleep. In lyrical prose, he leads readers from bedrooms and laboratories to factories and battlefields to Henry David Thoreau's famous cabin at Walden Pond, telling the stories of troubled sleepers, hibernating peasants, sleepwalking preachers, cave-dwelling sleep researchers, slaves who led nighttime uprisings, rebellious workers, spectacularly frazzled parents, and utopian dreamers. We are hardly the first people, Reiss makes clear, to chafe against our modern rules for sleeping. A stirring testament to sleep's diversity, Wild Nights offers a profound reminder that in the vulnerability of slumber we can find our shared humanity. By peeling back the covers of history, Reiss recaptures sleep's mystery and grandeur and offers hope to weary readers: as sleep was transformed once before, so too can it change today.
Download or read book Restless Earth written by Sue Bowler and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the ground seems sold and immovable, the earth we walk on is in a constant state of change. The imperceptibly slow shifting of the earth under our feet has immense effects - some of which, such as volcanoes and earthquakes, are catastrophic. Sue Bowler, contributing editor of Geoscientist and editor of Astronomy & Geophysics, tells the story of how our planet has developed since its formation 4.6 billion years ago, looking beneath its ever-changing surface to the molten rocks below.
Download or read book Earthdance written by Cynthia Pratt Nicolson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activities, clear explanations and real-life stories help explain these destructive forces.
Download or read book Living on a Restless Planet written by United States. Solid Earth Science Working Group and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Good Night Earth written by Linda Bondestam and published by Yonder. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the savanna to the city to outer space, celebrated Nordic children's book illustrator Linda Bondestam offers a charming peek at the many ways we settle in for sleep, with gorgeous, dreamlike illustrations full of offbeat humor. Discover the bedtime routines of animals all over the world through the eyes of an alien family on a faraway planet. Little monkey needs his mama to play at least seventy-three songs on the ukulele to fall asleep. A meerkat family enjoys some stretches together as the sun goes down, while baby sloth is a bedtime expert--she's already snoozing soundly in the trees. Die-cut pages invite little ones to help new animal friends get cozy under the covers. With unconventional illustrations full of wit and tenderness, Good Night Earth is a sweetly silly exploration of how all kinds of creatures find peaceful and playful ways to end the day.
Download or read book Restless Earth Pk2 written by Pavilion Books and published by Pavilion Children's Books. This book was released on 1998-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
