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Title: Inadequate Explanations & Too Few Diagrams
Review: This book is too rambling and disjointed. The author jumps from one subject to another without enough connecting material in between. We go from Hawaii to the Alps to plate tectonics with very little rhyme or reason. In addition the author injects his life story and that of his friends too much into the narrative. I for one am interested in geology not Richard Fortey. In addition his explanation of previous and current geological theories is very sketchy and hence difficult to understand. Also this book lacks diagrams to illustrate the various geological processes. What this book needed was lucid text tied to good diagrams - but if he had done that it would be a different and much better book.If you are looking for a book that explains geology well then I recommend you go elsewhere (for example "Rough-Hewn Land" by Keith Meldahl is excellent).
