Rocks and Ridges: 15 Classic Books in Geology
Classic Writings on Deep Time, Strata, Fossils, Glaciers, and the Reading of Earth's HistoryBy William Harmon Norton, William J. Miller, Sir John William Dawson, Charles Sir Lyell, William Herbert Hobbs, Thomas McKenny Hughes, Frederic Brewster Loomis, Edwin Sharpe Grew, Stanley William Lohman, W. D. Keller, John Mastin, Roselle M. Girard, John Chronic, Halka Chronic, Howard A. Meyerhoff, George W. Bain, John C. Reed, J. D. Love
Length147h 43m
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Rocks and Ridges: 15 Classic Books in Geology assembles a capacious archive of geological writing in which stone, landform, and deep time become subjects of both scientific argument and narrative wonder. Across surveys, field-based exposition, historical synthesis, and popular scientific prose, the volume traces how ridges, strata, fossils, and erosional landscapes have been read as records of planetary change. Especially compelling are its treatments of mountain formation and the interpretive drama of the field. The contributors represent several generations of geologists, naturalists, teachers, and scientific communicators, from nineteenth-century figures associated with the consolidation of modern geology to later writers attentive to regional investigation and public explanation. Their collective work participates in traditions of uniformitarian reasoning, stratigraphic observation, paleontological evidence, and geomorphological study, while registering geology's changing institutions and vocabularies. Read together, these voices reveal that geology is not merely a body of facts but a disciplined practice of inference, comparison, and imagination. Recommended for students of earth science, environmental humanities, and the history of knowledge, this collection offers an unusual opportunity to encounter multiple modes of geological thinking within one volume. Its breadth encourages readers to compare methods, prose styles, and scales of inquiry, from local outcrop to global history. Rocks and Ridges thus serves both as an educational resource and as a stimulating conversation about how humans learn to read the Earth.
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GenreScience and Nature, Literary Classics
Length147 hrs 43 mins
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Publish dateMar 4, 2025
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Table of contents
1Exploring Earth's Secrets: 71 Geology Books
2The Elements of Geology (pt. 1)
3The Elements of Geology (pt. 2)
4The Elements of Geology (pt. 3)
5The Elements of Geology (pt. 4)
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6The Elements of Geology (pt. 5)
7The Elements of Geology (pt. 6)
8Principles of Geology
9Principles of Geology
10PRINCIPLES
11OR,
12SIR CHARLES LYELL, M.A. F.R.S.
13ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENTS
14PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY. (pt. 1)
15PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY. (pt. 2)
16PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY. (pt. 3)
17PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY. (pt. 4)
18PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY. (pt. 5)
19BOOK II. (pt. 1)
20BOOK II. (pt. 2)
21BOOK II. (pt. 3)
22BOOK II. (pt. 4)
23BOOK II. (pt. 5)
24BOOK II. (pt. 6)
25BOOK II. (pt. 7)
26BOOK II. (pt. 8)
27BOOK III. (pt. 1)
28BOOK III. (pt. 2)
29BOOK III. (pt. 3)
30BOOK III. (pt. 4)
31BOOK III. (pt. 5)
32BOOK III. (pt. 6)
33BOOK III. (pt. 7)
34BOOK III. (pt. 8)
35ELEMENTARY GEOLOGY;
36Some Salient Points in the Science of the Earth
37PREFACE.
38THE IMPERFECTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD.
39THE HISTORY OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC.
40THE DAWN OF LIFE.
41WHAT MAY BE LEARNED FROM EOZOON.
42THE APPARITION AND SUCCESSION OF ANIMAL FORMS.
43CHAPTER VII.
44CHAPTER VIII.
45THE GROWTH OF COAL.
46THE OLDEST AIR-BREATHERS.
47MARKINGS, FOOTPRINTS AND FUCOIDS.
48PRE-DETERMINATION IN NATURE.
49THE GREAT ICE AGE.
50CAUSES OF CLIMATAL CHANGE.
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