by Alfred de Grazia

1983

from QuantaEvolution Website

 

Note: The word 'exo-terrestrial' is used in preference to 'extraterrestrial.' It is more exact etymologically, less romantic and sensational, and easier to pronounce.

 


"Nihil difficile naturae est, utique ubi in finem sui properat."
"Nothing is difficult for nature, especially when she hastens to destroy herself."
Seneca
De Quaestiones Naturae


 

Contents

  1. Quantavolutions

PART I - ATMOSPHERICS

  1. The Gaseous Complex

  2. Hurricanes and Cyclones

  3. Magnetism and Axial Tilts

  4. Electricity

  5. Cosmic and Terrestrial Lightning

  6. Fire and Ash

PART II - EXOTERRESTRIAL DROPS

  1. Falling Dust and Stone

  2. Gases, Poisons and Foods

  3. Metals, Salt and Oil

  4. Encounter and Collisions

PART III - HYDROLOGY

  1. Water

  2. Deluges

  3. Floods and Tides

  4. Ice Fields of the Earth

 

 

 

PART IV - CRUSTAL TURBULENCE

  1. Earthquakes

  2. Volcanism

  3. Sinking and Rising Lands

  4. Expansion and Contraction

PART V - RIFTS, RAFTS AND BASINS

  1. Thrusting and Orogeny

  2. Ocean Basins

  3. Fractures and Cleavages

  4. Canyons and Channels

  5. Continental Tropism and Rafting

  6. Sediments

PART VI - BIOSPHERICS

  1. Fossil Deposits

  2. Genesis and Extinction

  3. Pandemonium

  4. Spectres

PART VII - DIMENSIONS OF QUANTAVOLUTION

  1. Intensity, Scope and Suddenness

  2. The Recency of the Surface