Basin and Range, Paperback
Descriere
The first of John Mc Phee'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.""
Despre autor
John Angus McPhee este un autor american. Este considerat unul dintre pionierii nonfictionului creativ. A fost finalist de patru ori pentru Premiul Pulitzer la categoria Nonfiction general, câștigând această distincție în a patra încercare, în 1999, pentru opera „Annals of the Former World”.
