Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

Name: Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
Brand: Penguin
SKU: 9780141005171-B
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By Simon Winchester

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'Bracingly apocalyptic stuff: atmospheric, chock-full of information and with a constantly escalating sense of pace and tension' Sunday Telegraph Simon Winchester's brilliant chronicle of the destruction of the Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883 charts the birth of our modern world. 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. In breathtaking detail he describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm whose echoes are still felt to this day.

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Binding:

Paperback

Edition:

1

Number of Pages:

448

Release Date:

2004-06-03

Publication Date:

2004-06-03

Publisher:

Penguin

Languages:

Published: English, Original: English

ISBN10:

0141005173

ISBN13:

9780141005171

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

308 g

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