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Michael Welland

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Born

in Nottingham, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.throughthesandglass.com

Genre

Science, Mystery & Thrillers, Travel

Member Since

January 2009

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https://www.goodreads.com/mwelland

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Well, not so much a biography, as some thoughts.

As a geologist, I have been fortunate enough to see diverse and wonderful parts of our planet. Its workings and processes are a never-ending source of fascination, and demonstrate what is intoxicating about science - the provocative conspiracy between what we know and what we don't. All too often, science is presented as done and dusted, whereas the fascination is the vast realm of what we don't know. All too often, we think we know more than we do, and that can get us into trouble. And, being of a certain age, I treasure the time available to enquire into the endlessly compelling amount of stuff that I, personally, don't know.

I hope that this comes through in my books, that the reader will b ...more

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In memoriam

Back in 2009, my father made several references to my “Simpsons challenge” in Through the Sandglass. Having found several tenuous connections to sand, I cannot tell you how delighted I was, years later, to finally share this clip with the Sandman:

Thankfully, my dad’s slightly obsessive arenophilia brought to light far more engaging conversations about geology than most made-for-school film reels c

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	Sand: The Never-Ending Story 3.99 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Analysis of termite hills has become a highly successful means of prospecting for mineral deposits, since the termites are sampling the geology at some depth. There is indeed gold in some of them thar hills.”
― Michael Welland, Sand: The Never-Ending Story

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“Depending on which biologist you speak to, between thirty-six and forty total phyla are recognized on our planet. Rainforests, our flagships of biodiversity, are known to contain sixteen phyla. The spaces in between sand grains are home to twenty-two.”
― Michael Welland, Sand: The Never-Ending Story

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“The underlying problem, which we shall return to, is that we have developed an unnatural desire to live in places that we shouldn’t.”
― Michael Welland, Sand: The Never-Ending Story

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