Word: geologist
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Williams says he wrote his book as an exorcism, but with Bruce's book rushed into print at the same time, the demons are sure to be reawakened. Even reporting the book was painful, Williams says. At one point, he interviewed one of the widows, herself a geologist. She blamed Williams for her husband's death and blasted him as irresponsible. "There had to have been signs," she tells him in boiling anger. "You just missed them, that's all...It was just stupid that he died." Readers of both books--and they should be read together--will reach their...
...million years after its formation, when the planet was still being bombarded by large objects from space. One Mars-size chunk, by that calculation, would have slammed into Earth only 50 million years before the crystal formed, ejecting enough material to create the moon. Says University of Wisconsin (Madison) geologist John Valley: "Perhaps the moon formed earlier than we thought, or by a different process...
...George didn't know anything about the oil business really," said one of his business partners, geologist Paul Rea, in an interview with The Associated Press. "The principal reason was because his dad did it, and he wanted to make some money...
...alive; many are just bacterial microfossils. They're not exactly extraterrestrials either, having spent their brief lives entirely on Earth. But if the tiny microbes prove anything, it's that living organisms can make their homes in the most unlikely places. For scientists like Sherry Cady, 43, a geologist at Portland State University in Oregon, this is big news indeed...
...Rhodes geologist Carol Ekstrom will trace 2.7 billion years of geological history to show how that dramatic landscape was formed. Her husband, anthropologist Peter Ekstrom, will discuss the interplay between the environment and the culture of the folks who put down roots there. The Dubois area was once the largest railroad-tie-producing region in the U.S., and Burch Center director Sharon Kahin will take visitors to camps once inhabited by Bunyanesque Scandinavian immigrants who hand-hewed ties with razor-sharp precision. The area is also the home of the Mountain Shoshoni, and archaeologist Larry Loendorf will lead hikes...