Accessible and engaging, ‘Strata’ looks back, way back, at air, ice, mud and heat

“Strata: Stories from Deep Time” by Laura Poppick. W. W. Norton & Company. $29.99

It’s a challenge for the human brain to reckon with deep time. Visits to the Great Pyramids or Stonehenge can jog us out of present-tense bias and…

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