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David R. Montgomery - Rocks Don't Lie, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Rocks Don't Lie

A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood

Av David R. Montgomery

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In Tibet, geologist David R.Montgomery heard a local story about a great flood that bore a strikingsimilarity to Noah’s Flood. Intrigued, Montgomery began investigating theworld’s flood stories and—drawing from historic works by theologians, naturalphilosophers, and scientists—discovered the counterintuitive role Noah’s Floodplayed in the development of both geology and creationism. Steno, thegrandfather of geology, even invoked the Flood in laying geology’s foundingprinciples based on his observations of northern Italian landscapes. Centurieslater, the founders of modern creationism based their irrational view of aglobal flood on a perceptive critique of geology. With an explorer’s eye and arefreshing approach to both faith and science, Montgomery takes readers on ajourney across landscapes and cultures. In the process we discover the illusivenature of truth, whether viewed through the lens of science or religion, andhow it changed through history and continues changing, even today.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-04-22
  • Mått: 137 x 208 x 23 mm
  • Vikt: 250 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 322
  • Förlag: WW Norton & Co
  • ISBN: 9780393346244
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David R. Montgomery is a professor of Earth and space sciences at the University of Washington. He studies the evolution of topography and the influence of geomorphological processes on ecological systems and human societies. He received a BS from Stanford University (1984, geology) and a PhD from UC Berkeley (1991, geomorphology). His field studies have included projects around the world and he is an elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. He has received many awards throughout his career, including a MacArthur Fellowship and the Vega Medal. His books Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon, and The Rocks Don’t Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah’s Flood have all won the Washington State Book Award in General Nonfiction. Montgomery’s Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life was a finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing. He also coauthored with Anne Biklé The Hidden Half of Nature and What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health. Most recently, he published his case for regenerative agriculture, Regen: A New Future for Farming, Food, and Health. His books have been translated into eleven languages. He is also a coauthor of the textbook Essentials of Physical Geography with W. W. Norton.

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