I took structural geology at the University of Washington spring quarter 1997. Book was excellent and contributed to a reasonably good grade (3.3) for the course. Recommend for students or professors of structural geology

The way minerals respond to the forces of change that act upon them in the Earth are many and various. Some are discussed in this volume, which accompanied a short course held in Cambridge in summer 2000. The underlying origins of solid state phase transitions in minerals are explained, and their link to the physical properties of minerals are expounded. Twelve chapters describe the latest ideas on displacive transitions, elastic instabilities, order-disorder and magnetic transitions, radiation-induced amorphisation, twin domains and mesostructure, and the role of solid solutions. The role of pressure on mineral stability is also discussed, as are experimental methods (NMR, Moessbauer, infrared, synchrotron X-rays) for the study of mineral behaviour. This volume provides a helpful introduction to this dynamic research area, and will be useful to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and those new to the area.

This book is excellent! There are very few books about TEM analyses that are not focused exclusively on engineering applications. This book actually discusses how TEM applies directly to geology and mineralogy, and offers many good examples of potential applications. Very worthwhile!

Travels in the interior of Brazil, George Gardner.

Gardner made his epic adventure in the middle of the 1800's entering into a young country with an ancient heritage.. The book opens with a prosaic account of his first senses of Rio. I say senses because every sense is so vividly described. So clear are the descriptions, they take you back to over a century ago and as you travel back with Gardner you marvel at the sights, sounds and flower scented air he describes, on entering the bay. After some time Gardner ventured from Rio to the northern coasts, through unchartered and often physically hostile territories. Amid eloquent descriptions of the hardships of expedition, you travel along and see the places and the peoples as they tread through the book. Towns appear, vividly described, time travel to Crato in the heat stricken northeast Ceara state, and deeper described are local idiosynchrasies, take Crato's fossil fish mines, the peoples, the dusty heat tortured, windswept to flooded and verdant landscapes.. and high plateaus with cascading springs, reminiscent of Arthur Conan Doyle's, Lost World. Perchance was this the book that inspired Conan-Doyle.. with its mention of bizarre exceptionally presereved fossils and high plateau landscapes... A truly magnificent book, believe in time travel and allow yourself to be taken back with this amazing account of one man's epic expedition..

This is an excelent book for the Spanish Treasure Hunter that is serious about knowing how to follow spanish trail markers, it is a primer, but full of information. I can't wait for the next volumes to come out!

The pictures are amazing. I do have to admit that Malcolm Wilson is my brother, but he IS a wonderful photographer. He captures the true Appalachia in a way no other artist could. I am incredibly proud of him.

A good read for people interested in Uranium history. This book would especially interest people in the Four Corners area. Althought this goes into some of the history of U, it is mostly about one man Charlie Steen. This book is not technical.

Most Americans are probably aware that our bodies need calcium to make healthy bones. But many people may not be aware that a lot of Americans don't get enough calcium in their diet. And few people seem to know that healthy bones need magnesium as well as calcium. Unfortunately, magnesium deficiency is even more common than calcium deficiency. No wonder so many Americans suffer from arthritis and osteoporosis. Please read this book and be sure to get enough of the nutrients required for healthy bones.

This is a wonderful book that details a medical perspective of differences between Africans and Caucasians and will point you in the right direction toward health. It is fantastic to read a book written by someone who has had the "benefit" of western training and realizes the gaps in "knowledge" in that system.

Dr. Jewel Pookrum does a marvelous job of chronicling chemical reactions, differences that are melanin-related and opens the doors to a deeper understanding of health. This is information that we as a people, MUST grasp before the human genome biological apocalypse is released.

I recommend also any books by Queen Afua and African Holistic Health : Complete Herb Remedy Guide, Disease Treatment, Nutrition, Diet, Wholistic Perspectives, African Herb History, Self Diagnosis by Llaila O. Afrika.

The relationship between trace elements such as, selenium, zinc, iron,copper,iodine,cadmium, arsenic, molybdenium, mercury and vanadium and all types of cancer