Reading the Rocks

The Autobiography of the Earth

Marcia Bjornerud

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Basic Books
31 October 2006

Mathematics & Sciences; Earth sciences; Petrology

To many of us, the Earth's crust is a relic of ancient, unknowable history. But to a geologist, stones are richly illustrated narratives, telling gothic tales of cataclysm and reincarnation. For more than four billion years, in beach sand, granite, and garnet schists, the planet has kept a rich and idiosyncratic journal of its past. Fulbright Scholar Marcia Bjornerud takes the reader along on an eye-opening tour of Deep Time, explaining in elegant prose what we see and feel beneath our feet. Both scientist and storyteller, Bjornerud uses anecdotes and metaphors to remind us that our home is a living thing with lessons to teach. Containing a glossary and detailed timescale, as well as vivid descriptions and historic accounts,

Reading the Rocks

is literally a history of the world, for all friends of the Earth.

By: Marcia Bjornerud
Imprint: Basic Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 134mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 284g
ISBN: 9780465006847
ISBN 10: 0465006841
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 31 October 2006
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marcia Bjornerud is a professor and the Chair of Geology at Lawrence University. She is a Fellow of the Geographical Society of America and was a 2000-2001 Fulbright Scholar. She lives in Wisconsin, USA and this is her first book.