Comments on: Book review – The Edge of Memory: Ancient Stories, Oral Tradition and the Post-Glacial World/2018/10/26/book-review-the-edge-of-memory-ancient-stories-oral-tradition-and-the-post-glacial-world/Reviewing fascinating science books since 2017Tue, 04 Jul 2023 07:50:55 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Book review – Worlds in Shadow: Submerged Lands in Science, Memory and Myth | The Inquisitive Biologist/2018/10/26/book-review-the-edge-of-memory-ancient-stories-oral-tradition-and-the-post-glacial-world/comment-page-1/#comment-29012Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:11:49 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=2369#comment-29012[…] idea of young-earth creationists is nonsense, we should not throw out the baby with the bathwater. I previously expressed my scepticism regarding the fidelity with which details can be retained in this intergenerational […]

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]]>By: Book review – Weird Earth: Debunking Strange Ideas about Our Planet | The Inquisitive Biologist/2018/10/26/book-review-the-edge-of-memory-ancient-stories-oral-tradition-and-the-post-glacial-world/comment-page-1/#comment-28343Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:42:41 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=2369#comment-28343[…] of previously accepted, or at least tolerated, scientific theories. He does not really discuss geomythology, the idea that myths and stories might record historical events, such as past floods and […]

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]]>By: Book review – Volcanoes: Encounters Through the Ages | The Inquisitive Biologist/2018/10/26/book-review-the-edge-of-memory-ancient-stories-oral-tradition-and-the-post-glacial-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1641Wed, 07 Nov 2018 09:16:55 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=2369#comment-1641[…] Pyle immediately points out that this is not a textbook (for that, see e.g. Volcanoes), but even so, the introduction explains the basics of plate tectonics (see also my review of The Tectonic Plates are Moving!) and how that creates hotspots of volcanic eruptions. After this, Pyle takes a look at the historical written record, acknowledging, but not further considering, that oral history might record even older eruptions (see my review of The Edge of Memory: Ancient Stories, Oral Tradition and the Post-Glacial World). […]

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]]>By: Book review – Volcanoes: Encounters Through the Ages | The Inquisitive Biologist/2018/10/26/book-review-the-edge-of-memory-ancient-stories-oral-tradition-and-the-post-glacial-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1642Wed, 07 Nov 2018 09:16:55 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=2369#comment-1642[…] Pyle immediately points out that this is not a textbook (for that, see e.g. Volcanoes), but even so, the introduction explains the basics of plate tectonics (see also my review of The Tectonic Plates are Moving!) and how that creates hotspots of volcanic eruptions. After this, Pyle takes a look at the historical written record, acknowledging, but not further considering, that oral history might record even older eruptions (see my review of The Edge of Memory: Ancient Stories, Oral Tradition and the Post-Glacial World). […]

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