Abstract
ALTHOUGH prepared primarily for American students, Prof. Miller's text-book is written in such a simple and interesting style and is so well illustrated that it should have a wide appeal. Indeed, the author arouses interest in the science at the outset, for he takes the novel course of describing, in his opening chapter, the evidence for upward and downward movements of the earth's crust and the phenomena of earthquakes—both subjects not too remote from everyday life. Thence he leads the reader to the study of minerals and rocks, weathering, rock-structure, and the work of rivers, glaciers, wind, the sea, underground water, and volcanoes. The development of scenery is also simply described. Having regard to the vast accumulation of data relating to these subjects, every author of a text-book must decide what to omit: and here Prof. Miller's selection seems to have been judicious.
Elements of Geology
With Reference to North America. By Prof. William J. Miller. Second edition. Pp. x + 524. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1939.) 21s. net.
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Geology. Nature 145, 295 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145295c0
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