Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks

By Marcia Bjornerud

Winner of the 2025 John Burroughs Medal for Natural History Writing

From the publisher: Earth has been reinventing itself for more than four billion years, keeping a record of its experiments in the form of rocks. Yet most of us live our lives on the planet with no idea of its extraordinary history, unable to interpret the language of the rocks that surround us. Geologist Marcia Bjornerud believes that our lives can be enriched by understanding our heritage on this old and creative planet.

Softcover

306 pages