Hutton"s Arse: 3 Billion Years of Extraordinary Geology in Scotland"s Northern Highlands

by Malcolm Rider

3 billion years of extraordinary geology in Scotland's Northern Highlands. This book takes you through those 3 billion years, shows you the rocks, visits the places, introduces some of the famous researchers and presents the geological theories that have been inspired by the Highlands

Genres: Geology, Nonfiction

209 pages, Paperback

First published August 12, 2005

Reviews

[David Tompkins · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is a lot of good information in this book and it helps you understand more about the geological history of Northern Scotland. But I don't really like the writing style, I think the author has a lot of knowledge but I think he draws on information from a limited number of sources which doesn't mean its poor, but does seem to fit a certain agenda. There are rants in the book, about wind farms, environmentalists and scientists which makes it seem like author has an agenda. The agenda seems to be anti-climate change, especially given that the author is predicting a new ice age, or was predicting it at the time of writing. The book was given financial
Aid by an oil exploration company, which might be a clue to the rants on certain issues.

[Rachel Welton]

So much interesting geological information, typos notwithstanding, bludgeoned into the background by a random finishing rant about windfarms. If you can ignore the soapboxing it's not a bad book.