Book description
Earth is vibrantly alive and full of wisdom for those who learn to listen.
Earth has been reinventing itself for more than four billion years, keeping a record of its experiments in the form of rocks. Yet most of us live our lives on the planet with no idea of…
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1 author picked Turning to Stone as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
As a woman scientist and physician, turned writer of science books for the lay public, having come up through the ranks of my male-dominated profession in the 70's and 80's, I identified deeply with the experiences of the author - also a woman in a male-dominated field coming up through her ranks more or less in that era. I admired the writing in which the author deftly weaves her own life story with the life story of our planet. The rhythm and flow of these personal stories together with clear language descriptions of complex geological phenomena makes the book not…
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