Geoscience Textbook Recommendations

Math Phobic and Lots of Pretty Pictures

• McKnight's Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation by Hess and Tasa
• Understanding Earth by Grotzinger and Jordan

Undergraduate

• The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysics by Fowler
• Planetary Surface Processes by Melosh
• Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey by Wallace and Hobbs
• Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics: An Introductory Text by Marshall and Plumb
• Geodynamics by Turcotte and Schubert
• Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change by Seinfeld and Pandis (Prerequisites: thermodynamics, transport phenomena/[fluid mechanics and/or heat and mass transfer], and differential equations)