Peter T ScottDr. Peter Scott is an award-winning of Earth Science of over forty years' experience in both secondary and tertiary education. He holds a bachelor's degree, two master's degrees and a doctorate, including many years on his own research in locating an correlating coal measures. His experience has been as a classroom teacher and Head of Department but he has also worked at the administrative level as Head of Syllabus and as member of State review panels and has served on advisory bodies for several governments and industry bodies. He has also lectured at university in Science teaching. Apart from his exploration during his own field researches, he has also travelled extensively and has visited many places of interest including Antarctica, the Andes, the Amazon, North Africa, the volcanic islands of the Pacific and Asia, Alaska, Hawaii and the American northwest, northern Europe and remote Australia. His studies and interests have also taken him underground into many limestone and lava caves, coal mines and deep metalliferous mines. The Earth is truly a place of adventure - this book encourages the reader to begin its exploration both at home and abroad. Read More Read Less