Fundamentals of geolofy. Popular outline / Основы геологии. Популярное изложение

The reader probably is acquainted with some books of the series: Physics for Everybody, Chemistry for Everybody, Mechanics for Everybody, Algebra for Everybody, Geometry for Everybody and Arithmetic for Everybody. In the form of short stories, these books write of the interesting processes and phenomena that take place in nature, and describe unique mechanisms; they answer riddles in mathematics, physics, chemistry and mechanics, put posers, and explain the fundamentals of some sciences in a simple and entertaining manner. Academician A. E. Fersman in his Mineralogy for Everyone, which has had a run of several editions, has shown that this seemingly dry subject, with its enumerations of minerals, their forms, properties and occurrence, is quite fascinating. He has made rocks come alive and has told of their varied uses in everyday life and in technology. The author transports his readers to mountains, quarries and mines, to a fairyland of minerals and crystals. <...>