How do plate tectonics work? Learn from the experts in the ALL-NEW
LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES
Discover in this accessible and authoritative introduction the
fundamental theory of how our dynamic planet works.
You'll learn about the make up of the Earth in the past and the present,
from monsoon-like currents in our planet's radioactive interior
to magnetic force lines and what the planet would look like without
water.
You will learn about:
- Our planet as an active living system
- The planetary force field
- Fault lines that cross continents
- How plates tectonics protects life on Earth
- And much more . . .
Written by the celebrated geologist, academic and popular science
presenter Iain Stewart, Plate Tectonics explores the Earth as a
planetary machine and investigates the people and ideas that changed
the way we look at the world.
Learn about other topics in the Ladybird Experts series including
Gravity, Quantum Physics, Climate Change and Evolution.
Written by the leading lights and most outstanding communicators in
their fields, the Ladybird Expert books provide clear, accessible and
authoritative introductions to subjects drawn from science, history and
culture.
For an adult readership, the Ladybird Expert series is produced in the
same iconic small hardback format pioneered by the original Ladybirds.
Each beautifully illustrated book features the first new illustrations
produced in the original Ladybird style for nearly forty years.