Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth
Marcia Bjornerud
Jun 2023 · Hachette Audio · Narrated by Alma Cuervo
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From the author of Turning to Stone, a mediation on the stories that rock can tell us about the deep history of our planet
To many of us, the Earth's crust is a relic of ancient, unknowable history. But to a geologist, the Earth’s crust, and every stone upon it, is a richly illustrated narrative, telling gothic tales of cataclysm and reincarnation. How can we learn to see them?
In Reading the Rocks, geologist Marcia Bjornerud shows us. Taking the reader on an eye-opening tour of Deep Time, Bjornerud explains in elegant prose what we see and feel beneath our feet. Both scientist and storyteller, she reminds us that our home is a living thing with lessons to teach. She shows how our planet has long maintained a delicate balance between creation and destruction, and how the global give-and-take has sustained life on Earth in the face of great upheaval.
Today, however, with the rapidly escalating effects of human beings on their home planet, that great balance is being threatened -- and the consequences may be catastrophic. Reading the Rocks calls all friends of the Earth to work to avoid it.
To many of us, the Earth's crust is a relic of ancient, unknowable history. But to a geologist, the Earth’s crust, and every stone upon it, is a richly illustrated narrative, telling gothic tales of cataclysm and reincarnation. How can we learn to see them?
In Reading the Rocks, geologist Marcia Bjornerud shows us. Taking the reader on an eye-opening tour of Deep Time, Bjornerud explains in elegant prose what we see and feel beneath our feet. Both scientist and storyteller, she reminds us that our home is a living thing with lessons to teach. She shows how our planet has long maintained a delicate balance between creation and destruction, and how the global give-and-take has sustained life on Earth in the face of great upheaval.
Today, however, with the rapidly escalating effects of human beings on their home planet, that great balance is being threatened -- and the consequences may be catastrophic. Reading the Rocks calls all friends of the Earth to work to avoid it.
About the author
Marcia Bjornerud is a Professor and Chair of Geology at Lawrence University. She is a Fellow of the Geographical Society of America, and was a 2000-2001 Fulbright Scholar. This is her first book. She lives in Appleton, Wisconsin.
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