Rocks: A Very Short Introduction

by Jan Zalasiewicz

Book Overview

Rocks, more than anything else, underpin our lives. They make up the solid structure of the Earth and of other rocky planets, and are present at the cores of gas giant planets. We live on the rocky surface of the planet, grow our food on weathered debris derived from rocks, and we obtain nearly all of the raw materials with which we found our civilization from rocks. From the Earth's crust to building bricks, rocks contain our sense of planetary history,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198725191
• ISBN13: 9780198725190
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 6.7"