Complete Earth: A Satellite Portrait Of Our Planet

Author: Douglas Palmer

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Price : 110.00 NZD
ISBN : 9781905204311
Publisher : Quercus Publishing Plc
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Weight (g) : 3.765
Publication date : 01 October 2006
Dimensions : 430mm X 353mm X 32mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Combining the data from 18 of the advanced Earth satellites ever built, NASA has constructed the detailed global portrait of our planet ever created. Reproducing this photo-map, this book explores the history of each landscape, explaining the how and when of its mountain ranges, deserts and plains.

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Douglas Palmer is a lecturer in Natural and Earth Sciences at Cambridge University and a science writer. He is the author of The Discovery Channel's Prehistoric Atlas of the World, and the principal editor of DK's Earth. He is also a regular contributor to a variety of journals including The Guardian, Science, Nature and New Scientist.

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