Sách - Walking the Bones of Britain - A 3 Billion Year Journey from th by Christopher Somerville (UK edition, hardcover)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd Origin: United Kingdom (Imported) ISBN 13: 9780857527110 Condition: Brandnew Binding: hardcover Pages: 432 Dimensons: 164 x 242 x 40 | 696 (gram) ---------------------------------------- Travelling a thousand miles and across three billion years, Christopher Somerville (walking correspondent of The Times and author of Coast, The January Man and Ships of Heaven) sets out to interrogate the land beneath our feet, and how it has affected every aspect of human history from farming to house construction, the Industrial Revolution to the current climate cr.In his thousand-mile journey, Somerville follows the story of Britain''s unique geology, travelling from the three billion year old rocks of the Isle of Lewis, formed when the world was still molten, down the map south eastwards across bogs, over peaks and past quarry pits to the furthest corner of Es where new land is being formed by nature and man.Demystifying the sometimes daunting technicalities of geology with humour and a characteristic lightness of touch, Somerville''s book tells a story of humanity''s reckless exploitation and a lemming-like surge towards self-annihilation but also shows seeds of hope as we learn how we might work with geology to avert a climate catastrophe.It cannot fail to change the way you see the world beyond your door. Giá sản phẩm trên Tiki đã bao gồm thuế theo luật hiện hành. Bên cạnh đó, tuỳ vào loại sản phẩm, hình thức và địa chỉ giao hàng mà có thể phát sinh thêm chi phí khác như phí vận chuyển, phụ phí hàng cồng kềnh, thuế nhập khẩu (đối với đơn hàng giao từ nước ngoài có giá trị trên 1 triệu đồng).....