02889nam a22004575i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001400172072001700186072002300203072001600226100008200242245013000324250001800454264006900472300006600541336002600607337002600633338003600659347002400695505040400719520094501123650002302068650002002091650002702111650002302138650002002161650002702181710003402208773002602242776003602268776003602304856004602340912001402386912001402400999001702414978-3-031-71579-2DE-He21320251030114932.0cr nn 008mamaa250126s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830317157929978-3-031-71579-27 a10.1007/978-3-031-71579-22doi 4aQC801-809 7aPHVG2bicssc 7aSCI0320002bisacsh 7aPHVG2thema1 aBoschi, Lapo.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut99046810aOur Concept of the Earthh[electronic resource] :bWhat We Know About Our Planet and How It Was Discovered /cby Lapo Boschi.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXVI, 850 p. 206 illus., 16 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aThe mass of the earth -- The structure of the earth: rotation, precession, cosmogony -- The forces that shape the earth: Neptunism vs. Plutonism -- The age of the earth -- The forces that shape the earth: shrinking, isostasy, drift -- The structure of the earth: seismology -- The forces that shape the earth: convection and plates -- Our concept of the earth -- Exercises: Further Food for Thought.  aWith its new, unique look at the physics of the earth and at how this field got to where it is today, this is not a conventional textbook, but could easily be used as one. Designed to be understood by readers with no background in the earth sciences and only little previous knowledge of math and physics, Our Concept of the Earth differs from other geophysics books in that it places geo-scientific concepts in their historical context: ideas are presented in chronological order, according to the moment they emerged, one in response to the other, throughout the history of the discipline. In this way, the material covered in any given section of the book rests on simpler previously established concepts that are explained earlier in the book. The book is extremely self-contained and lends itself to being read from beginning to end, an experience that will captivate and even entertain a broad range of readers in academia and beyond. 0aGeophysics.969226 0aGeology.965838 0aEarth sciences.96501014aGeophysics.96922624aGeology.96583824aEarth Sciences.9650102 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303171578508iPrinted edition:z978303171580840uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71579-2  aZDB-2-PHA  aZDB-2-SXP  c66527d66527