Cover of Basin and Range

Basin and Range

 Sample
Season's Savings

0.99 €/mo for 3 months

Auto-renews at 5.99 €/month after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Get this deal
Offer ends on 28 December, 2026.
More purchase options

Basin and Range

By: John McPhee
Narrated by: Nelson Runger
Get this deal

Auto-renews at 5.99 €/month after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 28 December, 2026.

Buy Now for €17.99

Buy Now for €17.99

Season's Savings | 0.99 €/month for 3 months

5.99 €/month thereafter - terms apply. Cancel monthly.
Summary
 The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world—a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds of discrete high mountain ranges that are green with junipers and often white with snow. The terrain becomes the setting fora lyrical evocation of the science of geology, with important digressions into the plate-tectonics revolution and the history of the geologic time scale.

“In Basin and Range, McPhee is not so much a visiting amateur as a rhapsodist of 'deep time' … The result is a fascinating book.”—Paul Zweig, The New York Times Book Review

Includes an interview with the author(P)1999 Recorded Books Science Travel Writing & Commentary
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
No reviews yet