Krakatoa The Day the World Exploded, 27 August 1883

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Publisher's Synopsis

'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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780141005171
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 363.349509598209034
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 432
Weight: 316g
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Spine width: 29mm