Stories in stone travels through urban geology
The most hideous stone ever quarried -- The granite city -- Poetry in stone -- Deep time in Minnesota -- The clam that changed the world -- America's building stone -- Pop rocks, Phillips petroleum, and petrified wood -- The trouble with Michelangelo's marble -- Reading, writing, and roofi...
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| Format: | UnknownFormat |
| Sprache: | eng |
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New York
Walker & Co
c 2009
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| Ausgabe: | 1. U.S. ed. |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The most hideous stone ever quarried -- The granite city -- Poetry in stone -- Deep time in Minnesota -- The clam that changed the world -- America's building stone -- Pop rocks, Phillips petroleum, and petrified wood -- The trouble with Michelangelo's marble -- Reading, writing, and roofing -- Autumn 20,000 years ago. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | X, 260 S Ill |
| ISBN: | 9780802716224 978-0-8027-1622-4 |