How to Read a Rock: Our Planet's Hidden Stories

Rocks are time machines and the keepers of our history. This guide is a geological field trip...
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Author: Jan Zalasiewicz
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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How to Read a Rock: Our Planet's Hidden Stories by Zalasiewicz, Jan

How to Read a Rock: Our Planet's Hidden Stories

$90.46

How to Read a Rock: Our Planet's Hidden Stories

$90.46
Author: Jan Zalasiewicz
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Rocks are time machines and the keepers of our history. This guide is a geological field trip through Earth's incredible rock formations and the stories they hold

Like rings on a tree stump hold the history of the tree, the history of Earth is written in its rocks. How to Read a Rock: Our Planet's Hidden Stories teaches readers to decipher the rocks all around us, from backyard stones to mountain ranges, and trace Earth's history layer by layer.

Spanning from prehistoric Earth's shifting continents, to contemporary human impact, to the future surfaces of space exploration, the book reviews a remarkable array of topics, including:

  • diamond volcanoes
  • ancient coastlines, rivers, deserts, and coral reefs
  • how animals have changed rocks
  • making of mud
  • urban rock strata
  • human-made rocks and minerals
  • current limestone rock crisis
  • technofossils (the footprints humans will leave behind through their material goods)

How to Read a Rock's brilliant imagery captures the power, majesty, and history of the planet. Rocks carry the memories of dinosaur landscapes and vanished oceans; show evidence of the greening of the planet and the effect of natural forces; and convey clues on climate and energy consumption. The book unearths the most fascinating stories rocks can tell us, not only about our past, but how the past can help imagine the future.

Author: Jan Zalasiewicz
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Published: 11/08/2022
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.75w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9781588347282


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/15/2022 pg. 7

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