Hey I’m in the same boat as you! If you happen to live near Chicago or ever visit there, the Natural History Museum there has this awesome, very large exhibit where you walk through the history of the earth. It’s very cool, I learned a ton and spent like 2-3 hours walking through it.
We are legion! If I'm ever passing through I'll have to see what we can do. Maybe kiddo will enjoy it too by then.
It’s the same museum where they have that big T-Rex skeleton, most kids love that.
The Scientists is a pretty good read that historically connects many of the major scientific discoveries, the people that made them, and the institutions that developed alongside them.
It's a tiny bit Anglocentric but it does a good job of contextualizing everything and portraying it not as something that a smart person would inevitably just solve, but a repeating process of going from not knowing things to knowing them by reaching to the limits.
What you may be looking for is a good introduction to geology. University courses are always requiring new editions of textbooks, which sucks for students but it means that a lot of people have old textbooks they can't easily sell. If you can't find a student who took a geology 101 course, or don't have a university nearby, you can still find these kinds of books online for less than $10.
Various national or state parks in the West or in the greater Appalachian area will have examples of stuff you can see right in front of you.
I'll try to add that to my audiobook backlog! Thanks!
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