Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth

From the author ofTurning 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 within it, is a richly illustrated narrative, telling gothic tales of cataclysm and reincarnation. How can we decode these stories?

In Reading the Rocks, geologist Marcia Bjornerud shows us. Taking the reader on an eye-opening tour of Deep Tim...