Marcia Bjornerud

Marcia Bjornerud is an American structural geologist and writer. She is the Walter Schober Professor of Environmental Studies and Professor of Geosciences at Lawrence University.^[1] She is a contributing writer to Elements, the science and technology blog of The New Yorker.^[2]

Her book Timefulness was a finalist for the 2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology.^[3]

Books

• Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth (2005)^[4][5]
• Geopedia: A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities (2022)^[6]
• Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World (2018)^[7]
• Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks (2024)^[8]