The River That Flows Uphill: A Journey from the Big Bang to the Big Brain

from dasam

This is a wonderful, challenging book --- even nearly 25 years after it was written, it still speaks to us. The science is still mostly accurate, even though there have been some huge developments as, for instance, the discovery of Ardi.One part science, one part adventure, one part natural histo...

from BriarE

Calvin outdid himself in writing about a raft voyage down the Colorado River into the Grand Canyon, in parallel with a trip into deep time to examine the fossil record. A good-humoured, engaging and relatively painless way to connect to a broad brushed portrait of geological time. I still remembe...

from dasam

This is a wonderful, challenging book --- even nearly 25 years after it was written, it still speaks to us. The science is still mostly accurate, even though there have been some huge developments as, for instance, the discovery of Ardi.One part science, one part adventure, one part natural histo...

from BriarE

Calvin outdid himself in writing about a raft voyage down the Colorado River into the Grand Canyon, in parallel with a trip into deep time to examine the fossil record. A good-humoured, engaging and relatively painless way to connect to a broad brushed portrait of geological time. I still remembe...