Adventures in Volcanoland: An Exploration of Volcanic Places and What They Tell Us About the World and About Ourselves

A mix of memoir, travel and popular science, charting journeys across deserts, through jungles and up ice caps, to some of the most important volcanoes around the world

In this captivating book from one of the most influential geochemists in the field,Tamsin Mathertakes us along on her globe-spanning excursions from Nicaragua to Hawaii, Santorini to Ethiopia and beyond. With warmth and lyricism, she exploresthe culturalroles volcanoesplay throughout history, and the growing and evolvingscien...