This book is not a geology textbook, but an entertaining narrative about our planet and the people who study it. You will learn about the transformations of rocks and minerals, how volcanoes are formed, how islands grow and disappear, the origins of coal and oil, the history of the Earth, and even… other planets.
You will also discover how dill helps unlock the mysteries of the Earth's interior, what happened when Baltica collided with Kazakhstania and what came of it, why the Dead Sea is so salty, when you might need a lead umbrella, how to outsmart a helmsman without reading Jules Verne, and much, much more.
Readers will find hundreds of interesting facts, lively language, witty illustrations, and experiments that are easy to conduct at home in the kitchen using a pot, a vacuum cleaner, a hairdryer, and watercress. What do these items have to do with geology? Read on and you’ll find out!
Author: Petr Voltsit
Illustrations: Fyodor Vladimirov
Pages: 96 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 208x210x14 mm
