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).

Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
Stalactite & Stalagmite
Strata: Stories from Deep Time
The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
The High Sierra: A Love Story
When You Find the Right Rock
Egg Marks the Spot (Skunk and Badger, #2)
Notes from Deep Time
When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks
California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid
Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth
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
Rising from the Plains (Annals of the Former World, 3)
Assembling California (Annals of the Former World, 4)
Principles of Geology
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Martian Aeolian Geomorphology by Zhibao DongA Stone Is a Story by Leslie Barnard BoothA Rock Is Lively by Dianna Hutts AstonGrand Canyon by Jason ChinEverybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
Best Picture Books About Rocks
9 books — 16 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill  BrysonThe Map That Changed the World by Simon WinchesterAnnals of the Former World by John McPheeFrom the Erzgebirge to Potosi by Sean   DalyBasin and Range by John McPhee
Best Geology Books
208 books — 94 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldMartian Aeolian Geomorphology by Zhibao DongThe Song of the Dodo by David QuammenThe Flight of the Iguana by David Quammen
Best of Natural History
366 books — 81 voters

Martian Aeolian Geomorphology by Zhibao DongThe Descent by Jeff LongStill Life With Crows by Douglas PrestonThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelBeyond Mammoth Cave by James D. Borden
All About Caves
83 books — 36 voters
Martian Aeolian Geomorphology by Zhibao DongEnd of the Megafauna by Ross D.E. MacPheeWhen Life Nearly Died by Michael J. BentonWonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldEurope by Tim Flannery
ANCIENT EXTINCTIONS
19 books — 11 voters


Ken Jennings
“ The decline of geography in academia is easy to understand: we live in an age of ever-increasing specialization, and geography is a generalist's discipline. Imagine the poor geographer trying to explain to someone at a campus cocktail party (or even to an unsympathetic adminitrator) exactly what it is he or she studies. "Geography is Greek for 'writing about the earth.' We study the Earth." "Right, like geologists." "Well, yes, but we're interested in the whole world, not just the rocky bits. G ...more ”
― Ken Jennings

W.H. Auden
“ Soft as the earth is mankind and both need to be altered. ”
― W. H. Auden

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