Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: Volume 3, The Geophysical Laboratory (Hardcover, New)

For over a century, the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington has witnessed exciting discoveries and ingenious research, made possible by the scientific freedom granted to members of the department. For the most part, this research has involved laboratory experimentation on the physics and chemistry of rock-forming minerals at high temperature and pressure. This third volume in a series of five histories of the Carnegie Institution documents the contribution made by the members of the Geophysical Laboratory to our understanding of the Earth, from mineral formation deep below the surface, to the search for the origins of life, and out into space to study the chemical evolution of the interstellar medium. Field work has taken researchers from active volcanoes to ships collecting ocean sediments, and geological mapping expeditions around the world. Contemporary photographs throughout illustrate the evolution of the department and its research.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2005
First published:	2004
Authors:	Hatten S. Yoder
Dimensions:	235 x 24 x 159mm (L x W x H)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	286
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-83080-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Geophysics Promotions
LSN:	0-521-83080-X
Barcode:	9780521830805

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