Difference between revisions of "Earth Science books"
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*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1149651692/artofproblems-20 The Little Book of Snowflakes] by Kenneth Libbrecht. | *[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1149651692/artofproblems-20 The Little Book of Snowflakes] by Kenneth Libbrecht. | ||
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*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471624829/artofproblems-20 Clouds in a Glass of Beer: Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics] by Craig F. Bohren. | *[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471624829/artofproblems-20 Clouds in a Glass of Beer: Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics] by Craig F. Bohren. | ||
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*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671746979/artofproblems-20 The Practical Geologist: The Introductory Guide to Collecting and Identifying Rocks] by Dougal Dixon. | *[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671746979/artofproblems-20 The Practical Geologist: The Introductory Guide to Collecting and Identifying Rocks] by Dougal Dixon. | ||
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195105974/artofproblems-20 Windows into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone National Parks] by Robert Smith and Lee Siegel. | *[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195105974/artofproblems-20 Windows into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone National Parks] by Robert Smith and Lee Siegel. | ||
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*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1149652334/artofproblems-20 Earthshaking Science : What We Know (and Don't Know) about Earthquakes] by Susan Elizabeth Hough. | *[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1149652334/artofproblems-20 Earthshaking Science : What We Know (and Don't Know) about Earthquakes] by Susan Elizabeth Hough. | ||
Revision as of 01:10, 7 June 2006
These Earth Science books are recommended by Art of Problem Solving administrators and members of the AoPS Community.
Contents
Atmospheric Science
Elementary school
- The Little Book of Snowflakes by Kenneth Libbrecht.
High school
- Clouds in a Glass of Beer: Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics by Craig F. Bohren.
Geology
- The Practical Geologist: The Introductory Guide to Collecting and Identifying Rocks by Dougal Dixon.
- Windows into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone National Parks by Robert Smith and Lee Siegel.
Seismology
- Earthshaking Science : What We Know (and Don't Know) about Earthquakes by Susan Elizabeth Hough.
General Interest
- Sky in a Bottle by Peter Pesic.
