Tien C. Lee

Wandering in Rock Country (eBook, ePUB)

Stories beyond Beauty

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book shows features of rocks and tells their life stories. It is a sequel to a 2018-publication of similar nature. The current version with a different subtitle compiles over 250 new pictures of specimens and outcrops, spread into six chapters:

Silica, 1; Carbonate, 29; Hard Rock, 51;

Soft Rock, 81; Fantasy, 111; Miscellany, 141.

How does one cultivate appreciation of rocks beyond their beauty? The author describes what readers may see in rocks with the naked eye; and for each specimen, he tells an evolutionary story anchored on familiar basic principles in biology, chemistry, physics, and geology; and he offers ways to connect dots. Rightly or wrongly, some narratives are original and thought-provoking. The author wishes to inspire readers to think and render opinions for themselves. The author, Tien C. Lee, is an Emeritus Professor of Geophysics/Hydrogeology at the University of California, Riverside.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rushmore Press LLC
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781957943329
• Artikelnr.: 63748272

Autorenporträt

Tien C. Lee is an Emeritus Professor of Geophysics at the University of California, Riverside, California, USA. He was educated as a geologist/geophysicist. He has published peer-reviewed articles in seismology, geoelectricity, hydrogeology, potential field, and terrestrial heat flow. He has also published two books: 'Applied Mathematics in Hydrogeology (1999)' and 'Thus I Came -- short stories that I have been privileged to relate (2017).' Since his retirement in 2009, he has engaged in writing a book about his rock collections for the general public. It is a show-and-tell book, intended to inspire storytelling, real or imaginary, about commonly available rock specimens for rock hobbyists and enthusiasts as well as aspiring geologists.