This book reinforced two ideas that I should have accepted by now: I know more than the average bear about geology,and books should never, never be written entirely in a sans-serif font.
I've been working with earth scientists for ten years, so it would make sense that I know something about the topic. And as an undergrad in Advertising, I had to study typefaces. So both of these ideas should have sunk in by now. I'm glad Zalasiewicz proved them right.
I was especially interested in reading this book because I've heard rumors (don't tell) that this question keeps popping up in oral exams. And now I have a fairly good sense of what the answer might be.
I really appreciated the way in which Zalasiewicz explains how tectonics and climate change work together to affect the Earth's surface. The explanations were very clear without being dumbed-down. It is of course pop science, even with some humor thrown in, but I noted that there were parts that I might not have understood fully if I didn't already have some exposure to the basic principles.
I enjoyed it so much that now I'm going to have to get my own copy. While reading it I kept thinking, "Oh, there's a good question for me to ask of a geodecist (or a stratigrapher, or a atmospheric scientist, etc.)" I want to mark up a copy and then bother my students and faculty with all sorts of questions.
By the way, New Orleans wins, y'all.
I've been working with earth scientists for ten years, so it would make sense that I know something about the topic. And as an undergrad in Advertising, I had to study typefaces. So both of these ideas should have sunk in by now. I'm glad Zalasiewicz proved them right.
I was especially interested in reading this book because I've heard rumors (don't tell) that this question keeps popping up in oral exams. And now I have a fairly good sense of what the answer might be.
I really appreciated the way in which Zalasiewicz explains how tectonics and climate change work together to affect the Earth's surface. The explanations were very clear without being dumbed-down. It is of course pop science, even with some humor thrown in, but I noted that there were parts that I might not have understood fully if I didn't already have some exposure to the basic principles.
I enjoyed it so much that now I'm going to have to get my own copy. While reading it I kept thinking, "Oh, there's a good question for me to ask of a geodecist (or a stratigrapher, or a atmospheric scientist, etc.)" I want to mark up a copy and then bother my students and faculty with all sorts of questions.
By the way, New Orleans wins, y'all.