Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from This Island Earth
This book is concerned with our home planet, in perspective with its neighborhood in the solar system. It is somewhat paradoxical that man's new ability to fly above the atmosphere and voyage in space has provided him with a new and valuable way to appreciate his Earth. From orbital altitudes the eye and lens do not see the emotions and pas sions that daily concern mankind on the surface. Economic, political, and sociological tensions are invisible. But the changes that both natural and human forces bring about on the Earth's surfacecan best be grasped from the respectful distances inherent in Earth orbits. Photographs such as this book contains increase our understanding of the relationships between our activities and our environ ment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
