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]

References

1. "Marcia Bjornerud | Lawrence University". www.lawrence.edu. Lawrence University. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
2. "Marcia Bjornerud". www.wisconsinacademy.org. January 22, 2016.
3. Berthiaume, Ed. "LA Times Book Prize nod is latest literary honor for Lawrence's Bjornerud". The Post-Crescent.
4. Lezard, Nicholas (January 6, 2007). "Up to Earth". The Guardian.
5. "READING THE ROCKS: The Autobiography of the Earth by Marcia Bjornerud". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
6. Robinson, Andrew (October 14, 2022). "Violent conservation, and your brain on magic: Books in brief" . Nature. 610 (7933): 624. Bibcode:2022Natur.610..624R. doi:10.1038/d41586-022-03274-7 – via www.nature.com.
7. "Timefulness review – our impulsive and pugnacious age needs geology". New Scientist.
8. Schulz, Kathryn (August 26, 2024). "Studying Stones Can Rock Your World". The New Yorker– via www.newyorker.com.

External links

• Marcia Bjornerud at The New Yorker
• Why One Geologist Thinks We Should All Pay More Attention to Rocks, Atmos 06.25.2025