Basin and Range

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences, Geology, Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays
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Author: John McPhee ISBN: 9780374708566
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication: April 1, 1982
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Language: English
Author: John McPhee
ISBN: 9780374708566
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication: April 1, 1982
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language: English

The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world—a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds of discrete high mountain ranges that are green with junipers and often white with snow. The terrain becomes the setting for a lyrical evocation of the science of geology, with important digressions into the plate-tectonics revolution and the history of the geologic time scale.

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The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world—a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds of discrete high mountain ranges that are green with junipers and often white with snow. The terrain becomes the setting for a lyrical evocation of the science of geology, with important digressions into the plate-tectonics revolution and the history of the geologic time scale.

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