Adventures in Volcanoland by Tamsin Mather
Mixing memoir, travel and popular science, Adventures in Volcanoland is written with warmth and lyricism and a captivating fascination with these mountains of fire that will show how they have and continue to shape our planet, and its future.
A powerful new voice erupts onto the scene of popular scienceMather is the perfect guide to take you on a journey through time and place to explore the fascinating science of volcanoes. Bubbling with a wonderful combination of personal insights and intriguing science * Marcus du Sautoy, author of Around the World in 80 Games *
A collision of high adventure and vital science. You cannot find a more inspiring introduction to nature's most awesome power. Written with beauty, wit and clarity by one of the world's most brilliant Earth scientists, it puts volcanoes centre stage in the eternal drama of geology, climate and life * Professor Clive Oppenheimer *
Adventures in Volcanoland is a real treasure, a fascinating, beautiful book on volcanology that is also the story of Mather's fascination with volcanoes and her own globe-trotting career on the front lines of scientific enquiry. Reading it feels like an adventure; it moves fearlessly across scales that range from the molecular to the celestial, and spans both intellectual history and cutting-edge scientific enquiry. Danger, sublimity, devastation and rebirth course through its pages, and Mather is a glorious guide to this extraordinary subject. She shows us the joys and trials of fieldwork, teaches us to read the secret meanings of volcanic landscapes, and gifts us with new understanding of the power of volcanoes to shape both the physical world and the inner world of our imagination * Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk *
Mather combines a personal story with an era-spanning scope, turning esoteric information into a colorful, engaging account * Kirkus *
A collision of high adventure and vital science. You cannot find a more inspiring introduction to nature's most awesome power. Written with beauty, wit and clarity by one of the world's most brilliant Earth scientists, it puts volcanoes centre stage in the eternal drama of geology, climate and life * Professor Clive Oppenheimer *
Adventures in Volcanoland is a real treasure, a fascinating, beautiful book on volcanology that is also the story of Mather's fascination with volcanoes and her own globe-trotting career on the front lines of scientific enquiry. Reading it feels like an adventure; it moves fearlessly across scales that range from the molecular to the celestial, and spans both intellectual history and cutting-edge scientific enquiry. Danger, sublimity, devastation and rebirth course through its pages, and Mather is a glorious guide to this extraordinary subject. She shows us the joys and trials of fieldwork, teaches us to read the secret meanings of volcanic landscapes, and gifts us with new understanding of the power of volcanoes to shape both the physical world and the inner world of our imagination * Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk *
Mather combines a personal story with an era-spanning scope, turning esoteric information into a colorful, engaging account * Kirkus *
Tamsin Mather MAE is a British Professor of Earth Sciences at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford and a Fellow of University College, Oxford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781408714614 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408714612 |
| Title | Adventures in Volcanoland |
| Author | Tamsin Mather |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2024-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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