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Hailed by The New York Times for writing "with wonderful clarity
about science . . . that effortlessly teaches as it zips along,"
nationally bestselling author Robert M. Hazen offers a radical new
approach to Earth history in this intertwined tale of the planet's
living and nonliving spheres. With an astrobiologist's imagination,
a historian's perspective, and a naturalist's eye, Hazen calls upon
twenty-first-century discoveries that have revolutionized geology
and enabled scientists to envision Earth's many iterations in vivid
detail-from the mile-high lava tides of its infancy to the early
organisms responsible for more than two-thirds of the mineral
varieties beneath our feet. Lucid, controversial, and on the
cutting edge of its field, The Story of Earth is popular science of
the highest order. "A sweeping rip-roaring yarn of immense scope,
from the birth of the elements in the stars to meditations on the
future habitability of our world." -Science "A fascinating story."
-Bill McKibben
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Carbon in Earth (Paperback)
Robert M. Hazen, Adrian P. Jones, John A. Baross
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R1,562
Discovery Miles 15 620
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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"For, Lo We live in an Iron Age--In the age of Steam and Fire "
wrote a poet mesmerized by the engines that were transforming
American transportation, agriculture, and industry during his
lifetime. Indeed, by the nineteenth century fire had become
America's leitmotif--for good and for ill. "Keeping the flame" was
deadly serious: even the slightest lapse of attention could convert
a fire from friendly ally to ravaging destroyer. To examine the
cultural context of fire in "combustible America," Margaret Hazen
and Robert Hazen gather more than a hundred illustrations, most
never before published, together with anecdotes and information
from hundreds of original sources, including newspapers, diaries,
company records, popular fiction, art, and music. What results is
an immensely entertaining and encyclopedic history that ranges from
stories of the tragic "great fires" of the century to fire imagery
in folktales and popular literature. Dealing more with technology
than with fire in nature, the book provides a vast amount of
information on fire manipulation and prevention in urban life.
Hazen and Hazen discuss the people who worked with fire--or against
it. Founders, gaffers, blacksmiths, boilers at saltworks, and
housewives knew how to "read" a fire and employ it for their
purposes. A few dedicated investigators inquired about the
scientific nature of heat and flame. And firefighters gradually
progressed from "bucket brigades" to "using fire to fight fire"
with the newly invented steam engine. The colorful stories of these
Americans--the risks they took and the rewards they received--will
fascinate not only social historians but also a broad audience of
general readers.
Originally published in 1992.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback
editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly
increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since
its founding in 1905.
"For, Lo! We live in an Iron Age--In the age of Steam and Fire!"
wrote a poet mesmerized by the engines that were transforming
American transportation, agriculture, and industry during his
lifetime. Indeed, by the nineteenth century fire had become
America's leitmotif--for good and for ill. "Keeping the flame" was
deadly serious: even the slightest lapse of attention could convert
a fire from friendly ally to ravaging destroyer. To examine the
cultural context of fire in "combustible America," Margaret Hazen
and Robert Hazen gather more than a hundred illustrations, most
never before published, together with anecdotes and information
from hundreds of original sources, including newspapers, diaries,
company records, popular fiction, art, and music. What results is
an immensely entertaining and encyclopedic history that ranges from
stories of the tragic "great fires" of the century to fire imagery
in folktales and popular literature. Dealing more with technology
than with fire in nature, the book provides a vast amount of
information on fire manipulation and prevention in urban life.
Hazen and Hazen discuss the people who worked with fire--or against
it. Founders, gaffers, blacksmiths, boilers at saltworks, and
housewives knew how to "read" a fire and employ it for their
purposes. A few dedicated investigators inquired about the
scientific nature of heat and flame. And firefighters gradually
progressed from "bucket brigades" to "using fire to fight fire"
with the newly invented steam engine. The colorful stories of these
Americans--the risks they took and the rewards they received--will
fascinate not only social historians but also a broad audience of
general readers. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy
Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make
available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
Since time immemorial, we have treasured diamonds for their exquisite beauty and unrivaled hardness. Yet, most of the earth's diamonds lie deep underground and totally unaccessible to us--if only we knew how to fabricate them! In The Diamond Makers Robert Hazen vividly recounts the very human desire to exceed nature and create a synthetic diamond. Spanning centuries of ground-breaking science, instances of bitter rivalry, cases of outright fraud and self-delusion, Hazen blends drama and science to reveal the extraordinary technological advances and devastating failures of the diamond industry. Along the way, readers will be introduced to the brilliant, often eccentric and controversial, pioneers of high-pressure research who have harnessed crushing pressures and scorching temperatures to transform almost any carbon-rich material, from road tar to peanut butter, into the most prized of all gems. Robert M. Hazen is the author of fifteen books, including the bestseller, Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy, which he wrote with James Trefil. Dr. Hazen has won numerous awards for his research and scientific writing.
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