Adventures in Volcanoland: An Exploration of Volcanic Places and What They Tell Us About the World and About Ourselves
Tamsin Mather
Jun 2024 · Hanover Square Press · Narrated by Emma Spurgin Hussey
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A mix of memoir, travel and popular science, charting journeys across deserts, through jungles and up ice caps, to some of the most important volcanoes around the world
In this captivating book from one of the most influential geochemists in the field, Tamsin Mather takes us along on her globe-spanning excursions from Nicaragua to Hawaii, Santorini to Ethiopia and beyond. With warmth and lyricism, she explores the cultural roles volcanoes play throughout history, and the growing and evolving science behind their formation and eruptions.
Adventures in Volcanoland is an urgent and poetic exploration into the world's most mysterious geological mountains and how they make and shape our world.
In this captivating book from one of the most influential geochemists in the field, Tamsin Mather takes us along on her globe-spanning excursions from Nicaragua to Hawaii, Santorini to Ethiopia and beyond. With warmth and lyricism, she explores the cultural roles volcanoes play throughout history, and the growing and evolving science behind their formation and eruptions.
Adventures in Volcanoland is an urgent and poetic exploration into the world's most mysterious geological mountains and how they make and shape our world.
A mix of memoir, travel and popular science, charting journeys across deserts, through jungles and up ice caps, to some of the most important volcanoes around the world
In this captivating book from one of the most influential geochemists in the field, Tamsin Mather takes us along on her globe-s...
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Tamsin Matheris Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford. Prior to joining thefaculty at Oxford in 2006, she was a research council fellow atthe UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology and a Royal Societyresearch fellow. She has published over 145 scientific papers and won numerousprizes including the 2018 Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture.
Tamsin Matheris Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford. Prior to joining thefaculty at Oxford in 2006, she was a research council fellow atthe UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology and a Royal Societyresearch fellow. She has published over 145 scientific papers and wo...
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