Adam Simon

There is a large and growing need for a textbook that can form the basis for integrated classes that look at minerals, rocks, and other Earth materials. Despite the need, no high-quality book is available for such a course. Earth Materials is a wide-ranging undergraduate textbook that covers all the most important kinds of (inorganic) Earth materials. Besides traditional chapters on minerals and rocks, this book features chapters on sediments and stratigraphy, weathering and soils, water and the hydrosphere, and mineral and energy deposits. Introductions to soil mechanics and rock mechanics are also included.This book steers away from the model of traditional encyclopedic science textbooks, but rather exposes students to the key and most exciting ideas and information, with an emphasis on thinking about Earth as a system. The book is written in such a manner as to support inquiry, discovery and other forms of active learning. All chapters start with a short topical story or vignette, and the plentiful photographs and other graphics are integrated completely with the text.Earth Materials will be interesting and useful for a wide range of learners, including geoscience students, students taking mineralogy and petrology courses, engineers, and anyone interested in learning more about the Earth as a system.

There is a large and growing need for a textbook that can form the basis for integrated classes that look at minerals, rocks, and other Earth materials. Despite the need, no high-quality book is available for such a course. Earth Materials is a wide-ranging undergraduate textbook that covers all the most important kinds of (inorganic) Earth materials. Besides traditional chapters on minerals and rocks, this book features chapters on sediments and stratigraphy, weathering and soils, water and the hydrosphere, and mineral and energy deposits. Introductions to soil mechanics and rock mechanics are also included.This book steers away from the model of traditional encyclopedic science textbooks, but rather exposes students to the key and most exciting ideas and information, with an emphasis on thinking about Earth as a system. The book is written in such a manner as to support inquiry, discovery and other forms of active learning. All chapters start with a short topical story or vignette, and the plentiful photographs and other graphics are integrated completely with the text.Earth Materials will be interesting and useful for a wide range of learners, including geoscience students, students taking mineralogy and petrology courses, engineers, and anyone interested in learning more about the Earth as a system.

Recommended by Mensa Mind Games(R)Winner of a Parents' Choice Gold Award- The Kickstarter-funded, uniquely fragmented word game - Intuitive and fun for 2-8 players of all skill levels (ages 8 and up)- Includes 120 cards, 16 tokens, and nifty fold-out rules and poster- Carefully crafted to make it easy to form longer, more common words- Variable deck with a fresh linguistic experience every game Every letter counts in a game of Rewordable. Each of the 120 cards has been selected for optimal word crafting. Build a new word and be rewarded. Or add to other players' words to steal their points. Create the largest lexicon of words by the end of the game to become the Rewordable champion. Includes: - 120 cards with one-, two-, and three-letter sequences, selected through linguistic research, computational analysis, and extensive playtesting- 16 tokens add different goals, strategies, and rewards to every game- Nifty fold-out rules with easy to follow how-to-play diagrams

When a nice quiet town is under the threat of a supervillain, the sheriff is forced to take action. The mayor sighed and said, "Kincade, are all these plans ways to keep the prison transport on the 40?" Kincade looked confused and answered hesitantly, "Yeah." "Oh, Kincade," the mayor said rubbing his face, still trying to wake up. "I didn't want you to come up with a politician's plan. That's my job. I'm doing that... well, I'm trying to do that." Kincade looked at him confused. "I want you to come up with a combat plan. I want you to come up with the plan that we really, really don't want to have to use. If there's traffic on US-40. If the prison transport takes the bypass. If Impossible's men attack the transport in Freeport. If they succeed. Then we need your plan." "That's not going to happen," declared Kincade. "But if it does, Kincade," said the mayor gravely. "If it does, then I have to know. How do you plan to stop Mister Impossible?"