The Rocks Don't Lie

MONTGOMERY, David R.

ISBN 10: 0393082393 / ISBN 13: 9780393082395

Published by W.W. Norton, 2012

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signed by Montgomery, 302pp, octavo, hc w/jacket in mylar, tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards with sharp corners, jacket is clean and colorful.

Seller Inventory # 132772

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rocks Don't Lie
• Publisher: W.W. Norton
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393082393
• ISBN 13: 9780393082395
• Binding: HARDCOVER
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • GEOLOGY

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Synopsis

How the mystery of the Bible's greatest story shaped geology: a MacArthur Fellow presents a surprising perspective on Noah's Flood.

In Tibet, geologist David R. Montgomery heard a local story about a great flood that bore a striking similarity to Noah’s Flood. Intrigued, Montgomery began investigating the world’s flood stories and―drawing from historic works by theologians, natural philosophers, and scientists―discovered the counterintuitive role Noah’s Flood played in the development of both geology and creationism. Steno, the grandfather of geology, even invoked the Flood in laying geology’s founding principles based on his observations of northern Italian landscapes. Centuries later, the founders of modern creationism based their irrational view of a global flood on a perceptive critique of geology. With an explorer’s eye and a refreshing approach to both faith and science, Montgomery takes readers on a journey across landscapes and cultures. In the process we discover the illusive nature of truth, whether viewed through the lens of science or religion, and how it changed through history and continues changing, even today. 20 illustrations; maps

About the Author

David R. Montgomery is a professor at the University of Washington and a MacArthur Fellow. He lives in Seattle, Washington.