If you have never read a book about geology before, and didn't even think you were interested, Roger Osborne could change your life. . . He succeeds magnificently in communicating his enthusiasm.
Roger Osborne's work has provided a range of innovative insights into our views of the past, and how they inform the present. His previous books include The Floating Egg: Episodes in the Making of Geology, The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China, The Dreamer of the Calle San Salvador: Visions of Sedition and Sacrilege in Sixteenth-Century Spain, Civilization: A New History of the Western World and Of The People, By The People, A New History of Democracy. Roger Osborne is also a professional playwright. His plays include The Art Of Persuasion, first performed in 2011 and Laughton, staged in 2013 He lives in Scarborough.
A wonderful tome...beautifully structured...utterly fascinating...
Reading The Floating Egg is a captivating experience because there
is at least one surprise in every chapter... Roger Osborne has
combined portions of history, biology, architecture, palaeontology,
astronomy - and a large dose of humour - and produced the
fascinating story of how geology came to be
*The Times*
His exploration of geology's Yorkshire roots is infallibly
entertaining...A delightful book...quirky and thoroughly Yorkshire,
and all the better for that
*New Scientist*
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