David A. Rothery
Auteur van Teach Yourself Geology
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David Rothery is a geologist
Fotografie: David Rothery [credit: Open University]
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 195?
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Northamptonshire, UK
- Opleiding
- University of Cambridge (BA|Geology|1978|MA)
Open University (PhD|Geology|1982) - Beroepen
- planetary scientist
geoscientist
volcanologist - Organisaties
- Open University
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Interesting stuff, solving various questions I'd always had. But I'm glad it's a very short introduction. I'm not sure I'd be interested in a long one.
A good bare-bones sort of book. The writing is informative, but not especially engaging. It begins with an overviews of the earth's composition, discusses plate tectonics, etc. Ilustrations are black and white drawings, but definitely get the job done of clarifying concepts.
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- 18
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- 1
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- 489
- Populariteit
- #50,498
- Waardering
- 3.8
- Besprekingen
- 3
- ISBNs
- 53
Having done an online course about moons led by David Rothery, who was engaging and entertaining in the videos, I thought his upbeat approach would be apparent in his literature. Instead, I found his style rather dull, not helped by the amount of maths and tables involved – most things numerical leave me scratching my head.
The subject interests me but the way facts and speculations are presented bored me a lot of the time. At times, though, I was engaged, hence why I’ve rated “Planets” three stars.… (meer)