Earth: Portrait of a Planet (Fourth Edition) by Marshak, Stephen

Description: About this productSynopsisStephen Marshak's spectacular geology text for undergraduate, non-science majors is the number-one selling text in the world. This new edition will only enhance its success. It has been thoroughly revised to ensure current coverage of all major topics, especially earthquakes (including the disaster in Haiti in 2010), volcanoes, and climate change. The drawn art represents the state of the art and is both pedagogically innovative and a feast for the eyes. The Google Earth exercises provide virtual field trips to the entire world.The Fourth Edition of Earth: Portrait of a Planet provides the perfect balance between an authoritative, yet accessible text and a stunning narrative art program. This makes it the book of choice for instructors and students, who all have their own diverse styles of both teaching and learning. The Fourth Edition of this best-selling text constitutes a major revision, packed with recent updates and new features such as beautiful and innovative narrative figures, stimulating inquiry-based pedagogy, a tightened core narrative, hundreds of new photographs, and coverage of hot topics, like the March 2011 earthquake/tsunami that devastated Japan, the rare element crisis, the shifting price of oil, and the recent tornado outbreaks.This new edition will only enhance its success. It has been thoroughly revised to ensure current coverage of all major topics, especially earthquakes (including the disaster in Haiti in 2010), volcanoes, and climate change. The drawn art represents the state of the art and is both pedagogically innovative and a feast for the eyes. The Google Earth exercises provide virtual field trips to the entire world.Product IdentifiersISBN-100393935183ISBN-139780393935189eBay Product ID (ePID)84285549Key DetailsAuthorStephen MarshakNumber Of Pages992 pagesFormatPaperbackPublication Date2011-10-17LanguageEnglishPublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.Publication Year2011Additional DetailsEdition Number4Copyright Date2011IllustratedYesDimensionsWeight66.7 OzHeight1.2 In.Width9.1 In.Length10.9 In.Target AudienceGroupCollege AudienceClassification MethodLCCN2011-035758LC Classification NumberQE500Dewey Decimal550Dewey Edition23

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