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A lively introduction to the basic principles of geology and other earth sciences.
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The Salt of the Earth  2003-11-28
In the introduction to "Music of the Earth," Morton laments that his editor removed a great deal of his "cornball humor" from early drafts of the book. She obviously didn't get it all, but what remains shows that Morton has a genuine and even charming enthusiasm for his subject."Music of the Earth" explores a wide range to geological topics, from continental drift, volcanoes and earthquakes to geysers, ice ages, deserts and mass extinctions. Morton explains the basics of geology using analogies that sometimes seem a bit forced (try using "grandma's apple pie" to illustrate plate tectonics), but I have to admit that the corny examples helped me to understand the subject better than more elegant discussions in other books. All in all, I enjoyed reading Morton's book because he has a genuine and infectious enthusiasm for geology. You may shake your head at the occasional bad pun, but I suspect that you'll learn more from Morton than you will from other, stuffier earth science texts.
Learn geology while being entertained  1999-04-18
If you want to learn some geology, with emphasis on volcanism, this is the place to start. Ron Morton gives a good overview of geological sciences, entertaining us all the way, and at times even painting frightening word pictures. With comments on poetry, literature, politics, engineering, and human behaviour, Dr.Morton appears as the modern renaissance man. We are all the richer for having this book, and we envy the real winners, who surely are the students in Dr. Morton's geology classes.
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