Adventures in Volcanoland: What Volcanoes Tell Us about the World and Ourselves (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781335080851)

A mix of memoir, travel and popular science, charting journeys across deserts, through jungles and up ice caps, to some of the most important volcanoes around the world

In this captivating book from one of the most influential geochemists in the field, Tamsin Mather takes us along on her globe-spanning excursions from Nicaragua to Hawaii, Santorini to Ethiopia and beyond. With warmth and lyricism, she explores the cultural roles volcanoes play throughout history, and the growing and evolving science behind their formation and eruptions.

Adventures in Volcanoland is an urgent and poetic exploration into the world's most mysterious geological mountains and how they make and shape our world.

Author: Tamsin Mather
ISBN-10: 1335080856
ISBN-13: 9781335080851
Publisher: Hanover Square Press
Language: English
Published: 06/18/2024
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/01/2024 pg. 12
Publishers Weekly 04/08/2024
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2024
Booklist 05/01/2024 pg. 10