How Does Earth Work

How the Earth Works explains with info-graphics, 3D illustrations and surprising cutaways, the function of thousands of organisms, natural systems and atmospheric systems, geographical and geological phenomena.

Focusing on questions about the earth such as What lies at the centre of the Earth?, Why do continents move? and Why do rivers bend? this book features simple, hands-on experiments and projects which use safe everyday equipment that let the reader discover for themselves the way the Earth works. It is also possible to create your own home laboratory with everyday materials from your home and garden.

For introductory courses in physical geology. Encouraging students to observe, discover, and visualize, How Does Earth Work? Second Edition engages students with an inquiry-based learning method that develops a solid interpretation of introductory geology. Like geology detectives, students learn to think through the scientific process and uncover evidence that explains earth's mysteries.

A collection of Sanders' finest essays in which he examines his Midwestern background, his father's drinking, his opposition to war, his literary inheritance, and his feeling for wildness.