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The journey to the center of the earth is a voyage like no other we can imagine. Over 6300 km below the earths surface, an extraordinary inner world the size of Mars awaits us. Dive through the molten iron of the outer core and eventually you will reach a solid sphere-- an iron-clad world held within a metal sea and unattached to anything above. At the earths core is the history of our planet written in temperature and pressure, crystals and minerals. Our planet appears tranquil from outer space. And yet the arcs of volcanoes, the earthquake zones and the auroral glow rippling above our heads are testimony to something remarkable happening inside. For thousands of years, these phenomena were explained in legend and myth. Only in recent times has the brave new science of seismology emerged. One hundred and fifty years after the extraordinary, imaginative feat of Jules Vernes Journey to the center of the Earth, David Whitehouse embarks on a voyage of scientific discovery into the heart of our world. Seismologists today reveal a planet astonishingly buried within a planet. We watch as supercomputers convert signals from the ground into three-dimensional scans of subterranean continents, visit laboratories where scientists attempt to reproduce the intense conditions at the center of the Earth, travel down the throat of a volcano, look into the deepest hole ever drilled, and imagine a voyage through enormous crystals of iron. Whitehouses enthralling journey vividly charts all we are able to understand about the mysteries of the deep Earth. His book encompasses the history of our planet and the latest findings about its inner core, allowing us to embark on an adventure that brings us closer to the enigma of our existence.;The archive of the earth -- Descend, bold traveller -- Underworld -- Birthmarks -- The survivors -- The messengers -- Tenham -- The butler and the housekeeper -- Death on the ice -- Superdeep -- The Hansbach -- The pressure principle -- Splinters of the stars -- D-double-prime -- Dark matter -- Borderlands -- Plumes -- The old boy beamed upon me -- The protector -- Magnetic dreams -- The terrella -- Reversal -- Inside the inside -- Stranger in a strange land -- The crystal forest -- Other worlds, other journeys -- Journeys end -- Playthings of the earth.

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INTO THE HEART OF OUR WORLD A Journey to the Center of the Earth A - photo 1

INTO
THE
HEART
OF OUR
WORLD

A Journey to the Center of the Earth:
A Remarkable Voyage of Scientific Discovery

DAVID WHITEHOUSE

PEGASUS BOOKS NEW YORK LONDON To Bernard Carey and Derek William Whitehouse In - photo 2

PEGASUS BOOKS

NEW YORK LONDON

To Bernard Carey and Derek William Whitehouse.
In Memoriam.

The internal regions of the Earth A thin crust overlays the mantle the Earths - photo 3

The internal regions of the Earth. A thin crust overlays the mantle the Earths most extensive region. Beneath it is an outer core of molten iron and a solid-iron inner core.

A 44-billion-year-old zircon It is the oldest known piece of the Earth a - photo 4

A 4.4-billion-year-old zircon. It is the oldest known piece of the Earth, a tiny fragment of its first crust.

The oldest rocks in the world exposed on the shores of Hudson Boy Canada - photo 5

The oldest rocks in the world exposed on the shores of Hudson Boy, Canada.

The Jack Hills in Western Australia site of the worlds oldest zircons They - photo 6

The Jack Hills in Western Australia, site of the worlds oldest zircons. They have enabled scientists to determine the conditions on the surface of the Earth just after it formed.

The deepest sample ever retrieved from a well taken 12 km below the surface - photo 7

The deepest sample ever retrieved from a well, taken 12 km below the surface during the Kola Superdeep project.

The deepest hole ever drilled into the Earth the Kola Superdeep Borehole in - photo 8

The deepest hole ever drilled into the Earth the Kola Superdeep Borehole in - photo 9

The deepest hole ever drilled into the Earth the Kola Superdeep Borehole in northern Russia that reached a depth of 12,262 metres in 1989.

Emil Wiechert 18611928 produced the first model of a layered Earth and - photo 10

Emil Wiechert (18611928) produced the first model of a layered Earth, and became the worlds first professor of geophysics.

The first seismogram recorded by Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz on 17 April 1889 - photo 11

The first seismogram, recorded by Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz on 17 April 1889 in Potsdam, Germany. The earthquake originated in Japan.

A typical seismograph showing the pressure waves that travel through the Earth - photo 12

A typical seismograph showing the pressure waves that travel through the Earth after an earthquake.

John Earthquake Milne 18501913 and his Japanese wife Tone on the Isle of - photo 13

John Earthquake Milne (18501913) and his Japanese wife Tone on the Isle of Wight.

Richard Dixon Oldham 18581936 made the first clear identification of P waves - photo 14

Richard Dixon Oldham (18581936) made the first clear identification of P waves, S waves and surface waves in seismograms, and also the first clear evidence that the Earth had a core.

Inge Lehmann 18881993 discoverer of the Earths inner core In 1936 using - photo 15

Inge Lehmann (18881993), discoverer of the Earths inner core. In 1936, using earthquake data, she proposed that the Earths core was not all molten iron but had a solid centre.

Beno Gutenberg 18891960 made many pioneering discoveries in seismology Along - photo 16

Beno Gutenberg (18891960) made many pioneering discoveries in seismology. Along with Charles Richter he developed a scale for measuring the intensity of earthquakes.

Although he opposed the theory of continental drift Harold Jeffreys 18911989 - photo 17

Although he opposed the theory of continental drift, Harold Jeffreys (18911989) made seminal contributions to the study of the Earths interior.

A The most important solidearth process subduction whereby oceanic floor is - photo 18

A The most important solidearth process: subduction, whereby oceanic floor is thrust back into the mantle and recycled.

Percy Bridgman 18821961 pioneer of high-pressure research The most abundant - photo 19

Percy Bridgman (18821961), pioneer of high-pressure research. The most abundant mineral in the Earth is named bridgmanite.

Inside this metal cell two opposing diamonds can create the pressures found - photo 20

Inside this metal cell two opposing diamonds can create the pressures found deep within the Earth.

Map of the deep mantle Once thought to be relatively featureless modern - photo 21

Map of the deep mantle. Once thought to be relatively featureless, modern science reveals it to be a very active region.

Vast structures termed Large Low Sheer Velocity Provinces lie atop the - photo 22

Vast structures, termed Large Low Sheer Velocity Provinces, lie atop the core-mantle boundary.

A rotating sphere of liquid sodium at the University of Maryland provides clues - photo 23

A rotating sphere of liquid sodium at the University of Maryland provides clues about the Earths internal dynamo.

I am scarcely able to believe in the reality of my adventures. They were so truly wonderful that even now I am bewildered when I think of them ...

This is the final conclusion of a narrative which will be probably disbelieved even by people who are astonished at nothing.

JuIes Verne, Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Other books by David Whitehouse

The Moon: A Biography

The Sun: A Biography

Renaissance Genius: Galileo Galilei and His Legacy to

Modern Science

One Small Step: The Inside Story of Space Exploration

On 8 February 1828, Jules Gabriel Verne was born the first of five children to Pierre and Sophie Verne. His father was a Parisian lawyer and his mother was of Scottish and Breton descent. Despite there being no literary heritage in his family, Jules wrote a great deal in his youth but it wasnt until he reached the age of thirty-five that he brought out his first novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon. It was a great success. He followed it up with Paris in the 20th Century, which, to his surprise, was rejected by his publisher with harsh criticism. It would not be published until 1994. So, despite his initial success, he felt the pressure to produce another work that was acceptable to his publisher.

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