As Scotland struggles with questions of independence, the British Geological Survey might be seen as making its own geopolitical gesture by republishing the most ambitious of the early geological ...

SINCE the publication of the last edition of the sketch-map by Sir R. I. Murchison and Prof. Geikie, no general geological map of Scotland has, so far as we are aware, been issued, while those older ...

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A pensioner has said he has been “blown away” by the response to a map of Scotland he made using rocks collected on geology trips over almost 30 years, after his grandson’s post about the artwork went ...

A Scots grandad has been hailed as a 'rock star' by his proud family after collecting stones from across Scotland to make a stunning map of the nation. Harry Young, of Newton Mearns, began his quest ...

YOUR report on the Forlani map of Scotland to be featured in the National Library of Scotland exhibition on the history of cartography (“Historic map provides fascinating depiction of the country”, ...

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Eugene Shoemaker with some of the first geologic maps of the Moon, Flagstaff AZ, mid-1960's Many people are surprised when they learn that well before the first landing of Apollo in 1969, we already ...

THERE have been many attempts to frame a popular definition of man. To call him a “story-loving animal” would not be the worst of them. It may indeed turn out when we understand monkey-talk a little ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The German mining engineer Georgius Agricola (1494-1555) ...