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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Whitehouse, David, author.     Subjects     Geology -- Popular works.     Seismology -- Popular works.     Earth (Planet) -- Internal structure.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Whitehouse, David, author.       by title:      Into the heart of ou...         MARC Display

Into the heart of our world : a journey to the center of the earth : a remarkable voyage of scientific discovery / David Whitehouse. by Whitehouse, David, author. New York : Pegasus Books, 2016. Subjects Geology -- Popular works.   Seismology -- Popular works.   Earth (Planet) -- Internal structure. ISBN:  9781605989594 (hardcover) : 1605989592 (hardcover) Description:  xiii, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm Edition:  First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  The journey to the center of the earth is a voyage like no other we can imagine. Over 6300 km below the earth's surface, an extraordinary inner world the size of Mars awaits us. Dive through the molten iron of the outer core and eventually you will reach a solid sphere-- an iron-clad world held within a metal sea and unattached to anything above. At the earth's core is the history of our planet written in temperature and pressure, crystals and minerals. Our planet appears tranquil from outer space. And yet the arcs of volcanoes, the earthquake zones and the auroral glow rippling above our heads are testimony to something remarkable happening inside. For thousands of years, these phenomena were explained in legend and myth. Only in recent times has the brave new science of seismology emerged. One hundred and fifty years after the extraordinary, imaginative feat of Jules Verne's Journey to the center of the Earth, David Whitehouse embarks on a voyage of scientific discovery into the heart of our world. Seismologists today reveal a planet astonishingly buried within a planet. We watch as supercomputers convert signals from the ground into three-dimensional scans of subterranean continents, visit laboratories where scientists attempt to reproduce the intense conditions at the center of the Earth, travel down the throat of a volcano, look into the deepest hole ever drilled, and imagine a voyage through enormous crystals of iron. Whitehouse's enthralling journey vividly charts all we are able to understand about the mysteries of the deep Earth. His book encompasses the history of our planet and the latest findings about its inner core, allowing us to embark on an adventure that brings us closer to the enigma of our existence.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 551.11 Wh Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 551.11 Wh Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 551.11 Wh Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Pahoa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 551.11 Wh Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library Adult Nonfiction 551.11 Wh Lost 09/19/2017 Add Copy to MyList

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