Best Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology...: Myron G.

Before Best, many petrology textbooks were either purely descriptive (looking at rocks under a microscope) or purely mathematical (thermodynamics). Best realized that to truly understand a rock, you needed to bridge that gap. He wrote the book to treat rocks as that tell a story of pressure, temperature, and time. 2. The Global Scope

The 2nd edition (2002) introduced significantly better illustrations and photomicrographs that helped students visualize the atomic-level changes happening inside a solid stone. Myron G. Best IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY...

The second edition of is widely considered the "gold standard" for anyone trying to understand the Earth's crust and mantle. Before Best, many petrology textbooks were either purely