Reviews for Water, Ice and Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes - Bill Green - Hardcover - 1...

The average rating for Water, Ice and Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes - Bill Green - Hardcover - 1... based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-12-29 00:00:00 Tracy Difillippo Bill Green's meditation on the Antarctic, methods of science, art, and his own life combine to make a whopper of a read. One of those you pick up chapter by chapter so it lasts as long as possible.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-11-16 00:00:00 Thomas J Cassidy This is a truly remarkable book. Green captures the excitement of scientific research in a beautiful, remote and challenging environment, in a way that is accessible to both scientists and non-scientists. He weaves together the scientific story with his own personal and family narrative. He has the mind of a scientist and the heart of a poet. The writing ranks with that of Loren Eiseley, Barry Lopez, and Terry Tempest Williams. Some technical material (periodic table, geologic time line) is included at the back, but (as a scientist) I would like to have seen a more substantial technical appendix, with chemical equations, Eh-pH stability diagrams, some profiles of metal concentrations in the Antarctic lakes, and selected references to the scientific literature (especially the author's own papers). I hope we see more books soon from this brilliant author.