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Earth
A literary scholar and a planetary scientist look at the Earth as object, viewed from the outside, and as a singular orb that is a challenge to scale and human self-importance.
A literary scholar and a planetary scientist look at the Earth as object, viewed from the outside, and as a singular orb that is a challenge to scale and human self-importance.
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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
In Earth, a planetary scientist and a literary humanist explore what happens when we think of the Earth as an object viewable from space. As a “blue marble,” “a blue pale dot,” or, as Chaucer described it, “this litel spot of erthe,” the solitary orb is a challenge to scale and to human self-importance.
Beautiful and self-contained, the Earth turns out to be far less knowable than it at first appears: its vast interior is an inferno of incandescent and yet solid rock and a reservoir of water vaster than the ocean, a world within the world.
Viewing the Earth from space invites a dive into the abyss of scale: how can humans apprehend the distances, the temperatures, and the time scale on which planets are born, evolve, and die?
Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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The book Earth by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Linda T. Elkins-Tanton is praised for its blend of diverse ideas reflecting on Earth's geological history and human understanding, presented in an almost alchemical manner. It is described as a magical and unusual work, exploring themes of beauty, creativity, and imagination, which broaden the subject matter beyond mere scientific discourse. The collaboration between the authors, from vastly different disciplines, offers a unique and inspirational narrative, highlighting the intriguing humanistic aspect of science. Reviewers appreciate its conversational tone, innovative approach, and the richness derived from combining their distinct perspectives.
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ISBN: 9781501317910
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 March 2017
Country: United States
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Illustration: 12 b/w illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 122.0mm
Height: 164.0mm
Weight: 136g
Pages: 144
About the Author
Jeffrey Jerone Cohen is Dean of Humanities at Arizona State University, USA, and co-president of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment. He is the author or editor of 13 books, including Stone: An Ecology of the Inhuman (which received the 2017 René Wellek Prize for best book in comparative literature).
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton is Foundation Professor and Director of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, USA. She is the author of a six-book series The Solar System (1st edition 2006; 2nd edition 2010) and co-editor, with A. Schmidt and K. Fristad, of Volcanism and Global Environmental Change (2015). Her articles have been published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Nature Geoscience, Nature, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Astrophysical Journal, among other publications.
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