Visualizing Geology invites us to travel outside our familiar environment to distant parts of the world. National Geographic has traveled the world and recorded it visually for more than a century and the authors of Visualizing Geology were given exclusive access to National Geographic's vast photo archive. With such photos, and with features such as Amazing Places at the end of every chapter, we seek to instill what words sometimes cannot: a sense of wonder about the planet we call home.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Barbara Murck has a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Toronto and received her undergraduate degree in Geological and Geophysical Sciences from Princeton University. Barbara is now the senior lecturer in the Department of Geography and the Environment Programs at the University of Toronto at Mississagua in Ontario, where she teaches Environmental Science, Environmental Issues in the Developing World, and Natural Hazards, as well as an Environmental Intership course for seniors undergraduates. Barbara is also involved with a research group in West Africa that has worked on various problems surrounding the environmental impacts of urbanization and resource utilization. She has received the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, and in 2007 was nominated, by her students, as one of Ontario's "Best Lecturers." Barbara is the author of a number of Wiley titles, including, Environmental Geology, Dangerous Earth, Geology Today, and Geology: A Self-Teaching Guide.

Dana Mackenzie has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Princeton University and taught math at Duke University and Kenyon College for several years before turning to science writing. He was a contributing Editor to American Scientist and has written articles on science and math for general-interest and educational publications including the Smithsonian, Discover, Astronomy, Science, Popular Science, American Scientist, and the National Academy of Sciences, IBM among other business clients. He is also the author of The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be, published in 2003 by John Wiley & Sons.