《从一枚鹅卵石看地球通史》内容简介
这是一枚鹅卵石的故事，它属于一枚普通的鹅卵石，就像你度假时在海滩上随手捡到的一样。
这也是关于地球本身的宏大叙事，追溯小小鹅卵石悠久历史的过程将带我们回顾地球波澜壮阔的发展史，穿越到空间的最深处和地球生命起源之时，领略深时之美。
我们会共同见证平凡鹅卵石的不平凡“石生”——
组成它的粒子来自激烈的大爆炸和超新星爆发;
在太阳系的构建过程中，这些粒子穿越太空而来；
我们现在生存的这颗蓝色星球形成后，穿越地球上山与海的星尘，最终在一枚鹅卵石中相遇；
经历了沧海桑田的巨变，在遥远的未来，这枚鹅卵石将融入新的地层，踏上新的旅程，无数枚新的鹅卵石中可能都有最初那枚鹅卵石的一部分。
用达尔文的话说：“生命如是之观，何等壮丽恢弘！”
作者简介
扬·扎拉斯维奇（JanZalasiewicz）
莱斯特大学地质学名誉教授，国际地层委员会人类世工作组组长，国际地层划分小组委员会副主席，英国地质调查局野外地质学家和古生物学家。有《不可思议的骨骼：支撑生命的杰作》《牛津通识读本·地质学》等多部科普著作。
2023年“搞笑诺贝尔奖”（IgNobelPrizes）化学/地质学奖颁给了扬·扎拉斯维奇，表彰他解释了为什么地质科学家喜欢舔石头··
A brief introduction to the General History of the Earth from a pebble
This is the story of a pebble that belongs to an ordinary pebble, like one you pick up on the beach on vacation.
It is also a grand narrative about the Earth itself, and tracing the long history of the little pebble will take us back to the Earth's remarkable development history, to the deepest depths of space and the origin of life on Earth, and appreciate the beauty of deep time.
We will witness the extraordinary "stone life" of ordinary pebbles together
The particles that make it up come from the violent Big Bang and supernova explosions;
During the construction of the solar system, these particles arrived through space;
After the formation of the blue planet we now live on, it traveled through the Earth's mountains and the stardust of the sea, and finally met in a pebble;
After great changes, in the distant future, this pebble will be integrated into a new stratum and embark on a new journey, and countless new pebbles may have a part of the original pebble.
In Darwin's words, "What a magnificent view of life!"
About the author
JanZalasiewicz
Emeritus Professor of Geology, University of Leicester, Chair of the International Commission on Stratigraphy Working Group on the Anthropocene, Vice-Chair of the International Stratigraphic Subcommittee, Field geologist and palaeontologist, British Geological Survey. There are many popular science works such as "The Incredible Skeleton: A Masterpiece supporting Life" and "Oxford Reader Ben Geology".
The 2023 IgNobelPrizes in Chemistry/Geology have been awarded to Jan Zalasiewicz for explaining why geological scientists like to lick rocks
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