In Suspect Terrain (9780374517946)

From the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana's drifted diamonds and gold In Suspect Terrain is a narrative of the earth, told in four sections of equal length, each in a different way reflecting the three others--a biography; a set piece about a fragment of Appalachian landscape in illuminating counterpoint to the human history there; a modern collision of ideas about the origins of the mountain range; and, in contrast, a century-old collision of ideas about the existence of the Ice Age. The central figure is Anita Harris, an internationally celebrated geologist who went into her profession to get out of a Brooklyn ghetto. The unifying theme is plate tectonics--here concentrating on the acceptance that all aspects of the theory do not universally enjoy. As such, In Suspect Terrain is a report from the rough spots at the front edge of a science.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 209 pages
• Dimensions 140 x 210 x 16.26mm | 249g
• Publication date 01 Apr 1991
• Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication City/Country New York, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement Reissue
• ISBN10 0374517940
• ISBN13 9780374517946
• Bestsellers rank 1,637,429

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