Customer Reviews

Geology: A Self-Teaching Guide

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I taught a course that used this book along with a few others. At first I thought this book was overly simplistic, but upon further review, and numerous positive comments from my students (teachers who were working to get certification credits actually), I can now see that this book has a lot of valuable geologic information in an easy to read format. This book presents a lot of important geologic topics without getting overly technical, which is good for beginning students, those that are simply curious (like the other review by a rockhound) or those that want a quick brush-up. At the end of each chapter there are quizes to help the reader review the material. This is helpful for some, but not for others (in which case you can always ignore them). For the class I taught we used this book in conjunction with The Earth System, Second Edition which I liked better but many of the students found difficult to read.

Knowing only the least rudimentaries on geology, this book has been invaluable to this amateur rockhound. Easy to understand concepts. I'm reading this book without the benefit of classes and its still great!

If you have a self motivated learner or need a simple course for a high school student to get a grasp on basic geology and beyond this is the book. I will be looking at others in this series.

Not as high level as I would have liked, but generally a good book. Pictures are black and white, not so good for geology.

I've found programmed textbooks to be a wonderful way to learn sans teacher.

I've used them in many different areas to gain knowledge without having to spend serious $$$ on a college class where the teacher reads the book to you.

I've also used this series for astronomy, microbiology, spanish, advanced spanish, and psychology all with similar goals and results; basic knowledge in that area. Well all except for the advanced Spanish book. It's written IN Spanish, but you use it after the basic book. These are WORKBOOKS they make you really work.

Great for self starters.

This and others in the self-teaching series provide the reader with an overview of the topic. It highlights and essentials and makes it easy to understand the basics. There are no frills, but who needs them? This is great for students who need to know just the facts, maam.

I am interested in Geology, so I figured this book would be a good basis in learning this particular subject.
So far, I think this will work!!