Structural Geology: An Introduction to Geometrical Techniques Review

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(More customer reviews)As a student, this is one of the WORST books I have ever seen used in a college classroom: 1) There are huge math errors. 2) Examples are nothing like the problems. 3) The variables are often not defined. 4) The quailty of the binding is horrible. Mine fell apart after two weeks! 4) The verbiage is not clear. He doesn't say what he thinks he is saying.

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This combination of text and lab book presents an entirely different approach to structural geology. Designed for undergraduate laboratory classes, it provides a step-by-step guide for solving geometric problems arising from structural field observations. The book discusses both traditional methods and cutting-edge approaches, with emphasis given to graphical methods and visualization techniques that support students in tackling challenging two- and three-dimensional problems. Numerous exercises encourage practice in using the techniques, and demonstrate how field observations can be converted into useful information about geological structures and the processes responsible for creating them. This updated fourth edition incorporates new material on stress, deformation, strain and flow, and the underlying mathematics of the subject. With stereonet plots and solutions to the exercises available online at www.cambridge.org/ragan, this book is a key resource for undergraduates, advanced students and researchers wanting to improve their practical skills in structural geology.

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Physical Geography: A Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides) Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought the Kindle version of this book and the first thing I noticed is that the author book assumes an American readership and skews its examples accordingly. So if you're curious about Australia's weather patterns, for example, there's not much here.
For North Americans, this book is a good introduction to physical geography for kids about middle school age and up (Rose the Bat Lady notwithstanding, a kid doesn't have to be a super genius to absorb the material). The information given is clearly explained by a writer who respects young people's intelligence.
However, it does not have the sorts of colorful, super-entertaining illustrations that today's kids expect. Instead, it offers very simple black & white line drawings of the type one expects to find in much older books. So four stars instead of five because of visuals.
On the other hand, perhaps parents will be encouraged to do supplemental activities such as breaking out the family globe, a flashlight and a bowl of popcorn and demonstrating for their kids the basics of rotation, tilt, revolution and their effects on the sun's illumination of various points on the earth on various days of the year. I guarantee an evening spent this way would not only be great for the whole family but far more memorable than the hippest illustrations ever could be.

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Learn physical geography at your own paceWhat is atmospheric pressure?How does latitude indicate the type of climate a specific place will have?Where are volcanic eruptions or strong earthquakes most likely to occur?With Physical Geography: A Self-Teaching Guide, you’ll discover the answers to these questions and many more about the basics of how our planet operates.Veteran geography teacher Michael Craghan takes you on a guided tour of Earth’s surface, explaining our planet’s systems and cycles and their complex interactions step by step.From seasonal changes to coastal processes, from effluvial basins to deep sea fissures, Craghan puts the emphasis on comprehension of the topics.He also includes more than 100 specially commissioned illustrations and 50 photographs to help clarify difficult concepts.The clearly structured format of Physical Geography makes it fully accessible, providing an easily understood, comprehensive overview for everyone from the student to the amateur geographer to the hobbyist.Like all Self-Teaching Guides, Physical Geography allows you to build gradually on what you have learned–at your own pace.Questions and self-tests reinforce the information in each chapter and allow you to skip ahead or focus on specific areas of concern.Packed with useful, up-to-date information, this clear, concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source for anyone who wants to improve his or her understanding of physical geography.

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Plate Tectonics: How It Works Review

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(More customer reviews)This book provides an understanding of the foundations of plate tectonics. It breaks up the methods of plate tectonic studies into its basic components then slowly builds into the larger picture of global tectonics. The authors being key figures in the original idea of plate tectonics truly know the science behind this field of study.

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Palaeomagnetism, plates, hot spots, trenches and ridges are the subject of this unusual book. Plate Tectonics is a book of exercises and background information that introduces and demonstrates the basics of the subject. In a lively and lucid manner, it brings together a great deal of material in spherical trigonometry that is necessary to understand plate tectonics and the research literature written about it. It is intended for use in first year graduate courses in geophysics and tectonics, and provides a guide to the quantitative understanding of plate tectonics.

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The Hollow Earth: The Greatest Geographical Discovery in History Made by Admiral Richard E. Byrd in the Mysterious Land Beyond the Poles- The True Origin of the Flying Saucers Review

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(More customer reviews)The story is based on early 1900's exploration and research and must have been interesting and even plausable at that time. In a modern world of satelites, etc. the tale is in need of recent supporting evidence, which of course, doesn't exist.

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The Path of the Pole Review

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(More customer reviews)At last Charles Hapgood's book on earth crust displacement is available for everyone to read. The book, which has been out of print for nearly two decades, is the fundamental statement of his theory. Having corresponded with Hapgood for the last five years of his life I know how pleased he would be to see his book back in print. Also, having read the nearly two hundred pages of correspondence between Albert Einstein and Hapgood, I can say that most of the issues the two men discussed are contained in PATH OF THE POLE.
However, the description of the book given here is way off base. Hapgood NEVER predicted another earth crust displacement in the year 2000. This is NOT his theory. In his last letter to me, just weeks before he was killed in an automobile accident, he did write that he thought another crustal displacement would occur but not for THOUSANDS of years. Charles would also object to the new subtitle (Cataclysmic Poleshift Geology). First of all, Hapgood thought that each earth crust displacement took as much as 5,000 years to complete (a point upon which we disagreed) so his theory wasn't "cataclysmic" in the sense that the word is used today. Nor would Hapgood have used the term 'poleshift' because it confuses the reader into thinking that the earth's axis is altered (it is only the outer shell of the earth's mass that is shifted in Hapgood's theory).
Many people will argue that this book is out of date and that advances in geology have made it obsolete. NOT true. The issues that Hapgood covers, such as the geography of the ice ages and the sudden demise of millions of animals during the late Pleistocene remain persistant UNEXPLAINED problems in science.
Aside from the misrepresentations (possibly misunderstandings) in the publisher's book blurb this is still the key book to read first on earth crust displacement. I believe that WHEN THE SKY FELL: IN SEARCH OF ATLANTIS advances Hapgood's theory into new areas of investigation (origins of agriculture, Atlantis, the sun-deluge and the lost island paradise motif in world mythology, etc.) but any serious investigation of the topic must begin with PATH OF THE POLE. Readers of this book should also acquire MAPS OF THE ANCIENT SEA KINGS which Hapgood thought of as a companion book.

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Hapgood's tour de force is back in print!This riveting account of howEarth's poles have flipped positions many times is the culmination ofHapgood's extensive research of Antarctica, ancient maps and the geologicalrecord. This amazing book discusses the various pole shifts in Earth'shistory-occurring whenEarth's crust slips in the inner core-and givesevidence for each one. It also predicts future pole shifts:a planetaryalignment will cause the next one on May 5, 2000!Packed with illustrations, this book is the reference other books on thesubject cite over and over again. With millennium madness in full swing,this is just the book to generate even more excitement at the unknownpossibilities.

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