Melting the Earth: The History of Ideas on Volcanic Eruptions

by HaraldurSigurdsson (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $51.33

  For centuries humans have puzzled over volcanoes. Why do volcanoes erupt? How do they work? The author of this text, a volcanologist, traces the history of ideas about volcanoes, a history spanning more than 2000 years - from the notions of the ancient Greeks to the more scientific, experimentally based theories of today. Underlying his stories is an endeavour to answer the question: How do rocks melt in the Earth?