{"product_id":"9781788163781-the-greywacke-how-a-priest-a-soldier-and-a-school-teacher-uncovered-300-million-years-of-history","title":"The Greywacke How A Priest A Soldier And A School Teacher Uncovered 300 Million Years Of History","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Shortlisted FOR THE Royal Society Science Prize 2022 A joyful collision of science history and nature writing Helen Gordon author of Notes from Deep Time Adam Sedgwick was a priest and scholar. Roderick Murchison was a retired soldier. Charles Lapworth was a schoolteacher. It was their personal and intellectual rivalry pursued on treks through Wales Scotland Cornwall Devon and parts of western Russia that revealed the narrative structure of the Paleozoic Era the 300 - million - year period during which life on Earth became recognisably itself. Nick Davidson follows in their footsteps and draws on maps diaries letters field notes and contemporary accounts to bring the ideas and characters alive. But this is more than a history of geology. As we travel through some of the most spectacular scenery in Britain it's a celebration of the sheer visceral pleasure generations of geologists have found and continue to find in noticing the earth beneath our feet.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Greywacke How A Priest A Soldier And A School Teacher Uncovered 300 Million Years Of History\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Davidson Nick\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Profile Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781788163781\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 288 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 7\/11\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Historical Geology","brand":"Davidson Nick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49624009212209,"sku":"IN-G-9781788163781","price":24.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781788163781-the-greywacke-how-a-priest-a-soldier-and-a-school-teacher-uncovered-300-million-years-of-history","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}