Geology

Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change. Geology can also refer generally to the study of the solid features of any celestial body (such as the geology of the Moon or Mars).

Stalactite & Stalagmite: A Big Tale from a Little Cave (Caldecott Honor)
Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
Egg Marks the Spot (Skunk and Badger, #2)
When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
Strata: Stories from Deep Time
Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks
The High Sierra: A Love Story
When You Find the Right Rock
The Secret History of Sharks: The Rise of the Ocean's Most Fearsome Predators
California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Annals of the Former World
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
Basin and Range (Annals of the Former World, 1)
Earth: An Intimate History (Vintage)
The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Crack in the Edge of the World
The Ends of the World
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
Principles of Geology
Rising from the Plains (Annals of the Former World, 3)
Assembling California (Annals of the Former World, 4)
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth
A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
History of the Universe and Earth
154 books — 79 voters
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Special Reports series
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootLab Girl by Hope JahrenSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonAlien Earths by Lisa KalteneggerInvisible Women by Caroline Criado Pérez
Women in Science
366 books — 112 voters


Jack Horner
The worse the country, the more tortured it is by water and wind, the more broken and carved, the more it attracts fossil hunters, who depend on the planet to open itself to us. We can only scratch away at what natural forces have brought to the surface.
Jack Horner, How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever

In your hands The dog, the donkey, surely they know They are alive. Who would argue otherwise? But now, after years of consideration, I am getting beyond that. What about the sunflowers? What about The tulips, and the pines? Listen, all you have to do is start and There’ll be no stopping. What about mountains? What about water Slipping over rocks? And speaking of stones, what about The little ones you can Hold in your hands, their heartbeats So secret, so hidden it may take years Be ...more
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