David Ozsvath, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
"I especially like the "For Further Thought" exercises because they provide concrete ideas for assignments that students can actually do (with suggestions for where to find the necessary information from local sources). I think these exercises give students a sense that what they have learned has application to their everyday lives.
The boxed readings (“Geoscientists at Work”) are also useful… I find that these types of readings make good case studies for group assignments.”
Greg Hancock, College of William and Mary
“The text is comprehensive in its scope, contains excellent imagery and figures throughout, is well organized, and is a very readable book for students.”
J. Donald Rimstidt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
“The best part of the Montgomery text is the photographs. They are the best that I’ve seen in such textbooks.”
W. B. Clapham, Jr., Cleveland State University
“I read the first few chapters to get a feel for the book and found them extremely well written. I could see using this text for a course designed for majors as well as non-majors. It is comprehensive enough for the former; it is well-enough written for the latter. This is unusual. Most books don’t succeed this way.”
Jason W. Kelsey, Marymount University
“The writing style is excellent. It is highly readable, clear, and engaging. All in all, I find this to be an excellent textbook.”
Dr. Clair R. Ossian, Tarrant County College
“Writing style is smooth, factual, devoid of idiom, and is of a vocabulary level commensurate with freshman and sophomore students. Author is to be commended on maintaining the freshness of approach and evenness of style throughout the entire book without becoming trite or repetitious.”
Paul H. Reitain, University at Buffalo
“I was very pleased to see that Water as a Resource and Soil as a Resource were given special, focused attention. These are emerging global problems of major significance that our students need to be made aware of.
I thought the quality of the illustrations throughout the book, with very few exceptions, was excellent. The writing is good and clear.”
Christine Massey, University of Vermont
“I like the content and the images – especially the eloquent succinctness of the coverage of topics in many sections of the text. It appears that Montgomery has done substantial research to write this book.”
Alfred H. Pekarek, St. Cloud State University
“I find the writing style to be smooth and easy to read. Freshman college students should have no problem with it.
This is easily a stand-alone text that doesn’t require a previous class in geology. Topical coverage is complete for an environmental geology class."
John. F. Looney, Jr., University of Massachusetts – Boston
“One of the greatest strengths of this text is the use of maps. To me the geographical imperative aids greatly in understanding the geology. The site becomes complementary to the situation in both a geographical and geological sense.”
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