ChicagoinStoneandClayexplorestheinterplaybetweenthecity’smostarchitecturallysignificantsites,thematerialsthey’remadeof,andthesedimentsandbedrocktheyareanchoredin.Thisuniquegeologist’ssurveyofWindyCityneighborhoodsdemonstratesthefascinatingandoftensurprisinglinksbetweenscience,art,engineering,andurbanhistory.DrawingontwodecadesofexperienceleadingpopulargeologytoursinChicago,RaymondWiggerscraftedthisbookforreadersrangingfromtheregion’slargecommunityofamateurnaturalists,“citizenscientists,“andarchitecturebuffstogeologists,architects,educators,andotherprofessionalsseekinganewperspectiveonthethemesofarchitectureandurbanism.Unlikemostgeologyandarchitecturebooks,ChicagoinStoneandClayiswrittenintheinformal,accessiblestyleofanaturalhistorytourguide,humanizingthescienceforthenonspecialistreader.Providinganexcitingnewangleonbotharchitectureandnaturalhistory,Wiggersusesanintegrativeapproachthatincorporatesmultiplethemesandperspectivestodemonstratehowtheurbanenvironmentpresentsuswitharichgeologicandarchitecturallegacy.
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