The Living Origin Of Rocks And Minerals Av Walther Cloos

<p><strong>Offers new ways of looking at static, inert rocks and minerals as part of the dynamic development of the Earth.</strong></p><p>An increasing number of enthusiasts are attracted by the rich variety of rocks and minerals around us, and new ways of looking at them.</p><p>In this book, Walther Cloos views the Earth as a living organism, with different kingdoms of nature -- mineral, plant and animal – as stages left behind as the earth developed. He argues that everything currently inert and static was once dynamic and living.</p><p>The author considers many different aspects of geology, including chapters on oil, sedimentary rocks, radioactivity, volcanoes and metals.</p><p>Written over fifty years ago, this book is a classic, pioneering a scientific, geological understanding of Rudolf Steiner''s spiritual insights into the evolution of the earth.</p><p>The previous edition of this book was published as <em>The Living Earth</em>.</p>