Meditations at 10,000 Feet: A Scientist in the Mountains
- ISBN-10
- 0020258909
- ISBN-13
- 9780020258902
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 236
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- MacMillan Publishing Company
- Author
- James Trefil
Description
Essays discuss mountain formation, plate tectonics, continental drift, the creation of the earth, fossils, rocks, weathering, astronomical observations, and twisted trees
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