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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Publication Date
- 2009-09-15
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9781570616310
- Book Title
- Bretz's Flood : the Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood
- Publisher
- Sasquatch Books
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Nature, Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Natural Disasters, Earth Sciences / Geology, United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (Or, Wa), Earth Sciences / General, Science & Technology
- Item Weight
- 12.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Sasquatch Books
ISBN-10
1570616310
ISBN-13
9781570616310
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73590440
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bretz's Flood : the Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Natural Disasters, Earth Sciences / Geology, United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (Or, Wa), Earth Sciences / General, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2009
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
12.5 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
For the hardcover edition of Bretz's Flood: "This is a masterful story of the spirit of adventure as embodied by a man who, though almost forgotten today, was instrumental in bringing scientific inquiry out of the Victorian era and into the modern age
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
550.92 B
Synopsis
The masterful story of the scientific rebel who dared to think outside the box-and changed the course of geologic history The land between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains is characterized by gullies, coulees, and deserts-in geologic terms, it is a wholly unique place on the earth. In the 1920s, legendary geologist and professor J Harlen Bretz peered back in time to answer the riddle of how this land came to be, becoming one of the first people to explore the area. Defying the conventional wisdom of his peers, Bretz saw a landscape that had been instantly scoured by a flood of unprecedented scale. Though met with public and academic humiliation-his theory sounded too much like the biblical flood-Bretz persevered and went on to discover what everyone else had failed to see. Bretz's Flood tells the dramatic story of this scientific maverick-how he came to study the region, his radical theory that a huge flood created it, and how the mainstream geologic community campaigned to derail him from pursuing an idea that satellite photos would confirm decades later., The land between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains in Eastern Washington is characterized by dramatic coulees, gullies, and deserts-in geologic terms, it is a wholly unique place on the earth. J Harlen Bretz was the iconoclastic geologist who peered back in time to answer the riddle of how this land came to be. Defying the conventional wisdom of his peers, Bretz saw a landscape that had been scoured by a flood of unprecedented scale. Bretz's Flood is the remarkable story of how one geologist, using old-fashioned methods of measurement, observation, and scientific deduction, figured out what everyone else had failed to see, and persevered against the odds to change the course of geologic history. Book jacket., The masterful story of the scientific rebel who dared to think outside the box--and changed the course of geologic history The land between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains is characterized by gullies, coulees, and deserts--in geologic terms, it is a wholly unique place on the earth. In the 1920s, legendary geologist and professor J Harlen Bretz peered back in time to answer the riddle of how this land came to be, becoming one of the first people to explore the area. Defying the conventional wisdom of his peers, Bretz saw a landscape that had been instantly scoured by a flood of unprecedented scale. Though met with public and academic humiliation--his theory sounded too much like the biblical flood--Bretz persevered and went on to discover what everyone else had failed to see. Bretz's Flood tells the dramatic story of this scientific maverick--how he came to study the region, his radical theory that a huge flood created it, and how the mainstream geologic community campaigned to derail him from pursuing an idea that satellite photos would confirm decades later., Conventional geologic thinking always said that the landscape between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains — a unique place characterized by gullies, coulees, and deserts — was created over millions of years by rivers that had long since gone dry. Science professor J Harlen Bretz (who made up his own name and intentionally didn't use a period after J), thought otherwise. Based on extensive research and keen observation, he believed this area had been scoured in a virtual instant by a massive flood. Because Bretz was a gadfly in the scientific community and his idea sounded like an attempt to prove the biblical flood, he was personally and professionally attacked and humiliated. Undaunted, he applied all of his skills to proving his thesis, but he would have to wait for confirmation until satellite photography became widespread years after his retirement. Bretz's Flood tells an exciting story of an epic mystery of the western landscape, how it came to be solved, and the fascinating scientist who did it.
LC Classification Number
QE22.B74S64 2008
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