Earth Science books
These Earth Science books are recommended by Art of Problem Solving administrators and members of the AoPS Community.
Levels of reading and ability are loosely defined as follows:
- Elementary is for elementary school students up through possibly early middle school.
- Getting Started is recommended for students grades 6 to 9.
- Intermediate is recommended for students grades 9 to 12.
- Olympiad is recommended for high school students who are already studying the field at an undergraduate level.
- Collegiate is recommended for college and university students.
More advanced topics are often left with the above levels unassigned.
Contents
Books by subject
Atmospheric Science
Elementary
- The Little Book of Snowflakes by Kenneth Libbrecht.
Intermediate
- Clouds in a Glass of Beer: Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics by Craig F. Bohren.
Geology
Getting Started
- 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
Intermediate
- Earthshaking Science : What We Know (and Don't Know) about Earthquakes by Susan Elizabeth Hough.
General Interest
- Sky in a Bottle by Peter Pesic.
