Krakatoa : the day the world exploded ; 27 August 1883 Simon Winchester

By:

Winchester, Simon

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London Penguin Books 2004Description: XIII, 432 p. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt 20 cmISBN:

0141005173

Uniform titles:

Krakatoa

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

363.349509598209034

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	GESM Library Main Library	English Fiction Adolescent-Adult	EFA/ HF/ WIN K89	Available	E0003584

Includes index

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Originally published: London: Viking, 2003

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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