Origins: the evolution of continents, oceans and life by Ron Redfern,
Cassell, £35, ISBN 0304354031
EARTH has had an extraordinary geological history, and in Origins
Ron Redfern uniquely combines superb landscape photography, elegant graphics and
authoritative text to give us the gen on it. This could have been just another
glossy object for the coffee table, but it stands out from the pack: Redfern
knows his planet inside out.
He has a passion for geology. Redfern’s also an accomplished photographer,
and the author of bestselling popular science books such as Corridors of
Time and The Making of a Continent. In…
