Alecia M. Spooner - Geology For Dummies

Geology For Dummies

by Alecia M. Spooner

Geology For Dummies

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About the Author

Alecia M. Spooner has been teaching various Earth and Environmental Sciences for seven years. She has earned degrees in Anthropology (B.A., University of Mississippi), Archaeology (M.A., Washington State University), and Geology (M.S., University of Washington). Her research includes interdisciplinary studies of paleoecology, paleoclimatology, and archaeology. Currently she teaches at Everett Community College and enjoys developing active-learning science curricula. She lives in Shoreline, Washington, with her husband and two sons.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my teachers and my students.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Marie Curie

Authors Acknowledgments

This book could not have been written without support from the following people: Igor Tatarinov, my husband, who took on a disproportionate share of parenting so that I could spend my evening and weekends writing (I love you); my two boys who inspire in me daily a sense of wonder and awe at the world; and the network of people who keep my world in focus and on track. Thanks to my family for endless encouragement; my friends for, yknow, being friends, and who never for a second doubted I could pull this off; Heather, Jessica, Alison, Julie, and Beckie, who love my children as much as I do; Jani and Kysa, who keep the chaos under control; my brother Kyle for spending countless childhood summers with me playing school so that I could practice being a teacher; my science and teaching colleagues and mentors from whom I learn so much every day; my agent, Matt Wagner, whom I enjoy working with; and Joan Friedman, quite possibly the best editor in the world (and one who understands that sick kids warrant a slight deadline extension). Thank you all so very much.

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