This edition includes discussion questions for reading groups. Featuring illustrations by Haley Hagerman, this compelling book offers a new way of thinking about our place in time, showing how our everyday lives are shaped by processes that vastly predate us, and how our actions today will in turn have consequences that will outlast us by generations. Timefulness Marcia Bjornerud Princeton University Press (2018) As a geologist, Marcia Bjornerud works in many time frames: the 4.5-billion-year history of Earth, the academic year, the.

Timefulness reveals how knowing the rhythms of Earth’s deep past and conceiving of time as a geologist does can give us the perspective we need for a more sustainable future. The lifespan of Earth can seem unfathomable compared to the brevity of human existence, but this view of time denies our deep roots in Earth’s history-and the magnitude of our effects on the planet. Timefulness reveals how knowing the rhythms of Earths deep past and conceiving of time as a geologist does can give us the perspective we need for a more. Bjornerud is nominated for the PEN/E. By: Marcia Bjornerud (Author), Haley Hagerman (Illustrator) 208 pages, 15 b/w illustrations, tables Publisher: Princeton University Press NHBS Though many Earth biographies have been written, Bjorneruds convincing plea for a society more aware of deep time is a unique take on this type of book. Marcia Bjornerud shows how geologists chart the planets past, explaining how we can determine the pace of solid Earth processes such as mountain building and. Few of us have any conception of the enormous timescales of our planet’s long history, and this narrow perspective underlies many of the environmental problems we are creating. Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World, the latest book from Walter Schober Professor of Environmental Sciences and Professor of Geology Marcia Bjornerud, has been long-listed for the PEN America Awards, one of the nation’s most prestigious literary awards.

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