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His text hypothesized that lunar craters were volcanic (they are actually impact craters). He was wrong about the mechanism, but the artistry and geometric logic of the book are breathtaking. For collectors, a first edition is a treasure. classic geology books

The leading American geology textbook of the early 20th century. It introduced the planetesimal hypothesis for Earth’s origin (competing with Laplace’s nebular theory). You cannot read Lyell like a thriller