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This student-oriented text is written in a casual, jargon-free
style to present a modern introduction to mineralogy. It emphasizes
real-world applications and the history and human side of
mineralogy. This book approaches the subject by explaining the
larger, understandable topics first, and then explaining why the
"little things" are important for understanding the larger picture.
There is a large and growing need for a textbook that can form the
basis for integrated classes that look at minerals, rocks, and
other Earth materials. Despite the need, no high-quality book is
available for such a course. Earth Materials is a wide-ranging
undergraduate textbook that covers all the most important kinds of
(inorganic) Earth materials. Besides traditional chapters on
minerals and rocks, this book features chapters on sediments and
stratigraphy, weathering and soils, water and the hydrosphere, and
mineral and energy deposits. Introductions to soil mechanics and
rock mechanics are also included. This book steers away from the
model of traditional encyclopedic science textbooks, but rather
exposes students to the key and most exciting ideas and
information, with an emphasis on thinking about Earth as a system.
The book is written in such a manner as to support inquiry,
discovery and other forms of active learning. All chapters start
with a short topical story or vignette, and the plentiful
photographs and other graphics are integrated completely with the
text. Earth Materials will be interesting and useful for a wide
range of learners, including geoscience students, students taking
mineralogy and petrology courses, engineers, and anyone interested
in learning more about the Earth as a system.
There is a large and growing need for a textbook that can form the
basis for integrated classes that look at minerals, rocks, and
other Earth materials. Despite the need, no high-quality book is
available for such a course. Earth Materials is a wide-ranging
undergraduate textbook that covers all the most important kinds of
(inorganic) Earth materials. Besides traditional chapters on
minerals and rocks, this book features chapters on sediments and
stratigraphy, weathering and soils, water and the hydrosphere, and
mineral and energy deposits. Introductions to soil mechanics and
rock mechanics are also included. This book steers away from the
model of traditional encyclopedic science textbooks, but rather
exposes students to the key and most exciting ideas and
information, with an emphasis on thinking about Earth as a system.
The book is written in such a manner as to support inquiry,
discovery and other forms of active learning. All chapters start
with a short topical story or vignette, and the plentiful
photographs and other graphics are integrated completely with the
text. Earth Materials will be interesting and useful for a wide
range of learners, including geoscience students, students taking
mineralogy and petrology courses, engineers, and anyone interested
in learning more about the Earth as a system.
Contributing Authors Include Anne R. Collins, John A. Lowe, Donald
Gilchrist, And Others.
Additional Contributors Are Samuel S. Partridge, George Breck,
Francis Edwin Pierce, August Seiser, And Porter Farley.
Additional Contributors Are Samuel S. Partridge, George Breck,
Francis Edwin Pierce, August Seiser, And Porter Farley.
The Carnegie Series In American Education.
The Carnegie Series In American Education.
Sweeping into power in the grim depression days of 1933, Franklin
D. Roosevelt led the nation along a road of economic experiment
that changed the course of America's political and social thinking.
His first Hundred Days were a swift transformation into the new age
of social security, FDIC, and a host of other reforms.
Scarcely had the New Deal become a part of American life, however,
when World War II broke out, and America became a global power
leading the Allies to victory, began development of the atomic
bomb, and laid plans for the United Nations organization.
In the opinion of many historians, F.D.R.'s thirteen years are the
most important era in twentieth-century American history. Now
Dexter Perkins takes an objective look at Roosevelt and his
times--the great depression, the great social experiment, the great
war--and presents a balanced evaluation of America from the Blue
Eagle days of NRA to the shocking April afternoon of Roosevelt's
death.
A fair-minded, clear, and brief guide to that complex man and even
more complex era.--Frank Freidel, Christian Science Monitor
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