Brian J. Skinner
Forfatter af The Dynamic Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology
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Brian Skinner is currently a programme manager at the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), Loughborough University, UK.
Værker af Brian J. Skinner
Climates Past and Present: Readings from American Scientist (Earth and Its Inhabitants) (1981) 4 eksemplarer
Earth's Energy and Mineral Resources: Readings from American Scientist (The Earth and Its Inhabitants) (1980) 3 eksemplarer
O Homem e o Oceano 1 eksemplar
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This is a pretty good basic geology textbook, probably a bit dated but no glaring holes from new research that I could find. Not much to say other than it covers a wide range of general topics, from mineralogy to oceanography to planetary geology, and was probably a fine textbook in it's day. Lutgens and Tarbuck's current text seems to be the hot setup these days and it is more thorough and is more densely illustrated with photographs as opposed to diagrams and graphs.
This book saved my life in Earth Science, especially in the atmospheric sections.
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La ciencia que estudia la tierra es la geología, y los que participan en los estudios son los gólogos. Es una ciencia única porque su laboratorio es el mundo en que vivimos.
A los geólogos les resulta muy difícil llevar a cabo experimentos controlados en su laboratorio geológico, las escalas de espacio y tiempo necesarias para tales experimentos son simplemente demasiado grandes, e incluso si los problemas de espacio y tiempo pudieran manejarse, siempre existe la posibilidad de que los experimentos haría que el medio ambiente en el que vivimos cambiara de alguna manera desafortunada.… (mere)