Oldest Rocks on Earth - A Search for the Origins of Our World

Geologist Simon Lamb shows that the key to answering crucial questions about Earth's history lies in ancient rocks from the days when the planet was young.

About the author

Simon Lamb is adjunct professor of geophysics at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He is the author of Devil in the Mountain: A Search for the Origin of the Andes (2004) and coauthor of Earth Story: The Forces That Have Shaped Our Planet (1998). Lamb has been a consultant, producer, or director of a number of BBC science documentaries.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Lamb, Lamb Simon
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 09.12.2025
• EAN: 9780231222228
• ISBN: 978-0-231-22222-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Mineralogy, History of Science, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Chemistry of minerals, crystals and gems, Mineralogy & Gems, Geology & The Lithosphere