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We have explored most of the Earth's surface. Other planets have been examined down to their cores. Scientists have even sent space-probes out into interstellar space, billions of kilometres away. Yet we have not explored further than ten kilometres beneath our own planet. We've only touched the surface. Through the present golden age of discovery, scientists have uncovered a bizarre subterranean world, a world dramatically different from that above the surface. Following Jules Verne's remarkable classic JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH published almost 150 years ago, David Whitehouse retells the voyage of descent into the Earth: only this time, he incorporates the scientific knowledge that has resulted from the tremendous advances of the intervening years. Whitehouse considers the myths about the activity that occurs at the core of our planet and describes what science is now beginning to understand. Seismologists today reveal a planet astonishingly buried within a planet. Motions within the core form the Earth's magnetic field, which protects every living thing on its surface. Without it, only microbes would survive. How are we protected by the Earth's centre? Whitehouse's enthralling journey vividly charts all we are able to understand about the mysterious world within a world that lies beneath our feet. His book encompasses the history of our planet and the scientific discoveries about its inner core, allowing us to embark on an adventure that brings us closer to the heart of our world.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Science: general issues Popular science

• Full title: Journey to the Centre of the Earth
• Author: David Whitehouse
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9780297608806
• ISBN: 0297608800
• ID: 04572275
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
• Weight: 548 g
• Dimensions: 164 × 241 × 28 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. April 2015

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