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
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
When You Find the Right Rock
Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
A Stone Is a Story
Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks
The Age of Dinosaurs: The Rise and Fall of the World’s Most Remarkable Animals
Caves (Adventure Through Nature)
Strata: Stories from Deep Time
The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
Egg Marks the Spot (Skunk and Badger, #2)
Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
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)
Principles of Geology
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

Robert G. Ingersoll
If the people of Europe had known as much of astronomy and geology when the bible was introduced among them, as they do now, there never could have been one believer in the doctrine of inspiration. If the writers of the various parts of the bible had known as much about the sciences as is now known by every intelligent man, the book never could have been written. It was produced by ignorance, and has been believed and defended by its author. It has lost power in the proportion that man has gaine ...more
Robert G. Ingersoll, Some Mistakes of Moses

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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