A book that examines the romance of its subject alongside its hard
science... If you don't know much about how the planet's crust
works, Nield's book will teach you the basics...He rocks.--Helen
Brown"Daily Telegraph" (12/01/2007)
An accessible account of how the Earth has several times consisted
of a single island landmass and will again, in about 250 million
years.--Peter Calamai"Toronto Star" (12/30/2007)
As a geologist turned science journalist, editor and provocative
blogger, Ted Nield has a complex view of life and science. His
skills as a writer successfully convey in "Supercontinent" the
recent exciting work in grand-scale geoscience to a wide scientific
audience...The attempted reconstructions of past and future
continents and oceans is a major field of activity in contemporary
geoscience. To handle it without oversimplification or getting lost
in a maze of detail is no small accomplishment.--David
Oldroyd"Nature" (10/04/2007)
Both informative and entertaining. [Nield] has thought well outside
any academic box, touching on a huge diversity of topics...Nield
relates many subjects that are currently major foci of research in
Earth history to his theme.--Kevin Burke"Science" (11/30/2007)
One of the best popularizations of geology...Giv[es] us a sense of
the ancient yet powerful forces underneath us.--P. D. Smith"The
Guardian" (10/06/2007)
A fascinating and eye-opening book...In a most engaging way, Nield
reveals how science has unraveled the complex evolution of our
planet's surface, and presents the reader with a tantalizing
glimpse of the Earth of the distant future.
For centuries, people have dreamed of lost continents. Today, the
author of this fascinating book shows, geologists can detect
evidence of a continuing cycle of formation, breakup and
reformation of one giant landmass--a supercontinent--over billions
of years. Nield, editor of "Geoscientist" magazine, imagines what
these supercontinents might have looked like and tells the stories
of the scientists who have discovered and studied them...Making
highly technical material understandable, Nield explains why "the
Earth's Supercontinent Cycle matters to everyone, everywhere."
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