TITLE:
Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883 / Simon Winchester
Publication Date:
2003
Publication Information:
New York : Harper-Collins,
Edition:
1st U.S. Edition.
Physical Description:
416 p. : ill., maps.
Subject Term:
Geographic Term:
Summary:
He tells the story of the unrecognized genius who beat Darwin to the discovery of evolution; of Samuel Morse, his code and how rubber allowed the world to talk; of Alfred Wegener, the crack-pot German explorer and father of geology.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780066212852
General Note:
Originally published in Great Britain by Viking, a division of Penguin Books, Ltd., 2003.
