Geology

Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change. Geology can also refer generally to the study of the solid features of any celestial body (such as the geology of the Moon or Mars).

Stalactite & Stalagmite: A Big Tale from a Little Cave (Caldecott Honor)
Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
Strata: Stories from Deep Time
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
The Secret History of Sharks: The Rise of the Ocean's Most Fearsome Predators
Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future
Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks
Locked in Time: Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils
Down to Earth
The Age of Dinosaurs: The Rise and Fall of the World’s Most Remarkable Animals
Caves (Adventure Through Nature)
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Annals of the Former World
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
Basin and Range (Annals of the Former World, 1)
Earth: An Intimate History (Vintage)
The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Crack in the Edge of the World
The Ends of the World
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
Rising from the Plains (Annals of the Former World, 3)
Principles of Geology
Assembling California (Annals of the Former World, 4)
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth
End of the Megafauna by Ross D.E. MacPheeWhen Life Nearly Died by Michael J. BentonWonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldEurope by Tim FlanneryAnimals of a Bygone Era by Maja Säfström
ANCIENT EXTINCTIONS
18 books — 4 voters

Altered States by Paddy ChayefskyThe Witch of Agnesi by Robert SpillerMaze Master by Kathleen O'Neal GearThe Probability of Murder by Ada MadisonThe Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle
Favorite STEM Thriller
12 books — 2 voters

Death Valley Photographer's guide by dan suzioA trip through death valley's geologic past  by Kenneth E. LengnerTwilight of the Jackass Prospector by George R. CarterBorax Pioneer by George Herbert HildebrandSecret Of Death Valley by William Heuman
Books on Death Valley
12 books — 6 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Song of the Dodo by David QuammenThe Flight of the Iguana by David QuammenThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Best of Natural History
362 books — 69 voters


Robert G. Ingersoll
If the people of Europe had known as much of astronomy and geology when the bible was introduced among them, as they do now, there never could have been one believer in the doctrine of inspiration. If the writers of the various parts of the bible had known as much about the sciences as is now known by every intelligent man, the book never could have been written. It was produced by ignorance, and has been believed and defended by its author. It has lost power in the proportion that man has gaine ...more
Robert G. Ingersoll, Some Mistakes of Moses

لقد بدأت أرى نهايتي.. بين طيات محدبة وأطياف قوس قزحي الألوان ممتدة بعيدًا في الأفق أتتبع أثار أسلاف من قروش ملائكة وأشجار متحجرة بلورات لامعة هنا وهناك ، متناثرة ..تحت ضوء شموس ساطعة وزمهرير ليال مقمرة ضوء الأزهران يتبعني كنجمة تتراقص على مسرح مهجور من جنس خبيث حشد من سحالي وأفاعي وروابط عنق باهتة.. يا أيها العالي العلي إمنحني سرك اسرج مصابيح نفسي أكثر فأكثر .. واقترب. #جيني_حسين_علي I'm beginning to see my end... Between convex folds and iridescent arc spectra. Reaching far towards the hori ...more
Jenny Hussien Ali

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