The floating egg : episodes in the making of geology
Osborne, Roger1999
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This text includes 25 stories, beginning with the search for an alchemist's secret, & ending with the re-imagination of a past world. Each is connected to a remote corner of north-east England, exploring the line where myth dissolves into science.
Main title:
The floating egg : episodes in the making of geology / Roger Osborne.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Pimlico, 1999.
Collation:
xii, 372p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1998.Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-365) and index.
ISBN:
9780712666862 (pbk)
Dewey class:
551.09
Local class:
551.09
Language:
English
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BRN:
1344714