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| View Larger Image | Geology: A Self-Teaching Guide
by Barbara W. Murck
| | List Price: | $19.95 | | Price: | $13.57 | | You Save: | $6.38 (32%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 1 to 2 weeks | | | | | Sales Rank: | 143554 | | Studio: | Wiley | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 336 | | Publication Date: | June 29, 2001 | | Publisher: | Wiley |
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Product Description
Take a learning journey through billions of years of Earth history
This indispensable guide to the fundamentals of geology is the ideal way to introduce yourself to all the basics, from rocks, minerals, and fossil fuels to earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate tectonics. Using quick quizzes and self-tests to reinforce key concepts, Geology carefully walks you through billions of years of Earth history. Illustrated with more than one hundred specially commissioned illustrations and fifty photographs that help clarify difficult concepts, this easy-to-follow book is an interactive resource for anyone interested in learning more about our planet.
Whether you are new to geology or want to refresh and update your knowledge, the proven self-teaching guide approach will allow you to work at your own pace, check your progress, and learn more about this fascinating field of study. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 3 reviews)
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Just the facts, maam. 
This and others in the self-teaching series provide the reader with an overview of the topic. It highlights and essentials and makes it easy to understand the basics. There are no frills, but who needs them? This is great for students who need to know just the facts, maam.
June 19, 2008 | |
Good for beginners 
I taught a course that used this book along with a few others. At first I thought this book was overly simplistic, but upon further review, and numerous positive comments from my students (teachers who were working to get certification credits actually), I can now see that this book has a lot of valuable geologic information in an easy to read format. This book presents a lot of important geologic topics without getting overly technical, which is good for beginning students, those that are simply curious (like the other review by a rockhound) or those that want a quick brush-up. At the end of each chapter there are quizes to help the reader review the material. This is helpful for some, but not for others (in which case you can always ignore them). For the class I taught we used this book in conjunction with The Earth System, Second Edition which I liked better but many of the students found difficult to read.
January 06, 2008 | |
Wow! Something I can understand! 
Knowing only the least rudimentaries on geology, this book has been invaluable to this amateur rockhound. Easy to understand concepts. I'm reading this book without the benefit of classes and its still great!
September 30, 2007 | |
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