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Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth (Updated Edition) by Marcia Bjornerud Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-465-00684-1 / 0465006841 ISBN-13: 978-0-465-00684-7 / 9780465006847 For readers of John McPhee and Stephen Jay Gould, this engaging armchair guide to the making of the rock record shows how to understand messages written in stone. To many of us, the Earth's crust is a relic of ancient, unknowable history. But to a geologist, stones are richly illustrated narrati |