Description: Hi! You're looking at a BRAND NEW and UNREAD condition book which is OUT OF PRINT and a fascinating examination of the geography, physics, habitats, and human context of Sand written by MICHAEL WELLAND--the book is a FIRST EDITION and FIRST PRINTING and a HARDCOVER with the ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET and has a tiny black remainder dot on the lower right back page edge. The book has just very slight shelfwear on the dustjacket typical of many new books and is in PERFECT shape otherwise! The book is titled Sand: The Never-Ending Story and it was written by MICHAEL WELLAND; it was published by the University of California Press in 2009 and is a 1st EDITION and 1st PRINTING with a publication line reading 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.From individual grains to desert dunes, from the bottom of the sea to the landscapes of Mars, and from billions of years in the past to the future, this is the extraordinary story of one of nature's humblest, most powerful, and most ubiquitous materials. Told by a geologist with a novelist's sense of language and narrative, Sand examines the science—sand forensics, the physics of granular materials, sedimentology, paleontology and archaeology, planetary exploration—and at the same time explores the rich human context of sand. Interwoven with tales of artists, mathematicians, explorers, and even a vampire, the story of sand is an epic of environmental construction and destruction, an adventure in staggering scales of time and distance, yet a tale that encompasses the ordinary and everyday. Sand, in fact, is all around us—it has made possible our computers, buildings and windows, toothpaste, cosmetics, and paper, and it has played dramatic roles in human history, commerce, and imagination. In this luminous, kinetic, revelatory account, we do indeed find the world in a grain of sand.A fantastic find, and a beautiful copy of this book!Thanks for looking, and good luck if you're bidding! Also be sure to check out all of my other great books currently listed on ebay auctions--I can combine shipping for multiple purchases!
Price: 77.99 USD
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2023-12-11T04:28:32.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5 USD
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Book Title: Sand : the Never-Ending Story
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Item Length: 8in.
Publisher: University of California Press
Original Language: English
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Publication Year: 2009
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 1in.
Author: Michael Welland
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated, First Printing
Genre: Nature, Science
Topic: Earth Sciences / Geology
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 6in.
Item Weight: 17.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 343 Pages
