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Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology

Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology

Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology

Geology is everywhere. Would you like to know how to read the rocks and landscape, and how to make sense of debates over natural resources? These 36 half-hour lectures introduce you to the study of minerals, rocks, soils, and the processes that operate on them through time. A science that is surprisingly intuitive, accessible, and concrete, geology has the excitement of a never-ending detective story, replete with clues to the complex past, and future, of our planet.

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