The first of John McPhee’s works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world—a history of vanished landscapes, ...

Rock collecting has never been quite like this!

Giant New Foundland trilobites and trilobite eyes that he began two decades ago.

With introductions and notes.

Comprises articles on geology, paleontology, mammalogy, ornithology, entomology, and anthropology.

It was so successful in teaching law that it was soon adopted in medical education, and the collection of cases provided the raw material for research on various diseases.

This is both a travel memoir and scientific primer. It shows a naturalist making patient observations concerning geology, natural history, people, places and events.