Sand
Subtitle: a journey through science and the imagination
By: Michael Welland
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780199563180
Subjects: Miscellanea; Sand
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-310) and index.
Table of contents: title: Individuals : birth and character; title: Tribes : the strange world of granular materials; title: Sand and imagination I : very large numbers of very small things; title: Societies on the move : a journey to the sea; title: Moving on : waves, tides, and storms; title: Blowing in the wind : desert landscapes; title: Witness : testaments of sand; title: Sand and imagination II : stories, medium, and muse; title: Servant : sand in our lives; title: Outward and onward : beyond earth, beyond the present; title: Epilogue: A desert mystery.