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Book on Geography/Geology

  • 17-04-2013 2:40pm
    #1
    Ron Burgundy II
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    Hi

    I'm looking to get a book on the geology of Ireland (it doesn't have to be Ireland either). Can anyone recommend a good book, looking to get it as a present for someone.as they have always had an interest in this topic but never decided to get a book on it.

    Thanks
    Ron


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  • #2
    Ziphius
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    Are you looking for popular science or something more serious?

    Richard Fortey's The Earth is a popular history of the geological history of the planet. He is a very good writing, though I will admit that I never actually finished it.


  • #3
    El Siglo
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    A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson is very good. 3/4 of the book is essentially geology and the big debates in geology (age of the earth determinations etc...). I would also say the Geology of Ireland by Holland, it's a little dry and more for an academic audience but otherwise a good book. There's an older one also called the Review of the geology of Ireland, by J.K. Charlesworth, it's actually very good, it's an old book printed back in the 1950s but as geology was still in that Victorian-Edwardian "gentleman's pursuit" it's written almost like a novel, very easy to understand and kind of a classic (albeit not really taught anymore to undergrads but still good craic to read).


  • #4
    Ron Burgundy II
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 920 ✭✭✭Ron Burgundy II


    Thanks for the replies. The person receiving this book has only a general interest . So something not so academic based would be best suited at the moment.
    Would this book be any good?


  • #5
    El Siglo
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    Ron Burgundy II wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies. The person receiving this book has only a general interest . So something not so academic based would be best suited at the moment.
    Would this book be any good?

    That's Griffith's book, as in the first actual formal publication on the geology of Ireland. It's good in the sense it's a primary historical perspective on geology as in it'd be like reading something from Lyell but I don't think I'd recommend it for someone with only a general interest in geology as it'd be too heavy (i.e. it's the kind of book you'd buy if studying the history of science or for a retired geologist). Probably better off sticking with the Richard Fortey or Bill Bryson side of things given what you'd just described.


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