Taylor reviewed How the earth works by Michael Wysession (The great courses)
Review of 'How the earth works' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Accessible science with an interesting and passionate delivery. I have another course by Wysession on energy and am stoked for it. There's so many interesting lectures and topics covered in this series that I didn't expect. Are we part of a whole, extending our circle of compassion as we evolve? Did we end a 65 million year era recently? Is God in the future? Why are there seasons? Where do temperatures vary most on land? Why do mountains commonly form at the edge of continents? Are humans the ocean's biological attempt at land exploration?
Some of my favorite topics:
- How volcanoes are related to the French Revolution and American westward expansion.
- Seismometers and Cold War peace.
- The basics of biological dating and radioactivity.