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Anything John McPhee writes is a joy - and an education - to read. Here he takes the reader through a journey not merely through the route he and a geologist explored but through the eons of the earth's development. Although earth science is a topic that interests me in a dilenttantish way, McPhee makes the phases of the planet and the physical traces of the passages an enchanting experience for anyone fortunate enough to pick up this book. It's all quite breathtaking.
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Reading this series is difficult. I don't know enough Geology and the author mostly doesn't help me a long. I do know somewhat of the history of science especially on well-known subjects. So when the author talks about the rise of glaciation and plate tectonics I follow more. Most of this book is both a physical and mental ramble. It's a travelogue of an author and a geologist, a self-declared devil's advocate on the subject of plate tectonics. It's often beautiful, but also often opaque. I read
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John McPhee writes well about geology.
This is a good overview about the evolution of some of geologic thought, though I feel like Anita Harris may not have been the best voice to include in the book. Fascinating nonetheless.
This is a good overview about the evolution of some of geologic thought, though I feel like Anita Harris may not have been the best voice to include in the book. Fascinating nonetheless.
Nov 17, 2017
Staci Johnson
marked it as to-read
