旧世界编年史
Annals of the former world
John McPhee · 初版 1998 年
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为什么值得读
- 以生动的公路剖面切入地质历史
- 将严谨地质知识化为诗意故事
- 结合地质史与人类对地球的认知演变
“二十年前，当 John McPhee 开始横跨美国的往返旅程时，他计划描绘北纬四十度附近的一幅北美横截面图景，并在此过程中不仅理解科学，还去理解与他同行的地质学家的风格。”“正如它所描绘的地貌一样，Annals of the Former World 讲述了一个多层次的故事，读者可以在二十五幅新地图和‘叙事目录’（一篇概述该项目历史和结构的文章）的指引下，从中选择多条路径来阅读。按顺序阅读，这本……”
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……每小时将怀俄明州的煤炭转化为 2000 兆瓦的电力输往太平洋沿岸。但这却把所有的污染都留给了怀俄明州。你可以通过阅读 John McPhee 的《Annals of the Former World》，以富有诗意的叙事形式了解到更多上百个有趣的事实。https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005H0O8KQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...
…WY coal per hour into 2,000 MW of electricity for the Pacific Coast. But, it's keeping all the pollution for Wyoming. You can learn a hundred more interesting facts, in poetic story form, by reading: Annals of the Former World by John McPhee. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005H0O8KQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...
John McPhee 获得普利策奖的《The Annals of the Former World》，可以说这 1000 页（精彩的）篇幅是公路开挖（road cuts）才使其成为“可能”的……他在书里兴高采烈地详述了这一点。地质学家可没有预算把山体切开来看里面的构造。奇怪的是，联邦……
John McPhee's Pulitzer-winning _The Annals of the Former World_ is arguably 1000 (wonderful) pages made _possible_ by road cuts... something he gleefully expounds upon. Geologists don't get budgets to do section hills to check out their innards. Strangely, federal…
另一本好书是 John McPhee 的《Annals of the Former World》（至少在关于美国地质方面）：http://www.amazon.com/Annals-Former-World-John-McPhee/dp/037...
Another great book is _Annals of the Former World_ by John McPhee (at least regarding US geology): http://www.amazon.com/Annals-Former-World-John-McPhee/dp/037...
……美军当前的部署状态。《Monsoon》讲的是印度洋区域的重要性，《Revenge of Geography》讲的是地理在塑造地缘政治中的重要性。John McPhee - 《Annals of the Former World》，从地质学视角讲述北美历史。
…the current state of deployed US Military. Monsoon is about the importance of the Indian Ocean area, and Revenge of Geography is about the importance of geography in shaping geopolitics. John McPhee - Annals of the Former World. History of North America from a geological perspective.
McPhee 的《Annals of the Former World》。这是一部从前寒武纪至今的美国地质史，也是一部人类理解地质学的历史。数十亿年历史的交汇，这种尺度……
Annals of the Former World by McPhee. It's a geologic history of the United States, from Precambrian time to now, as well as a history of human understanding of geology. The intersection of billions of years of history, a scale…
约翰·麦克菲：《前世世界的年鉴》（Annals of the Former World），西蒙·温彻斯特：《改变世界的地图》（The Map that Changed the World），卢金斯等人：《地质学基础》（Essentials of Geology）
John McPhee: Annals of the former world, Simon Winchester: The Map that Changed the World, Lutgens et al.: Essentials of Geology