Alpha

I am a proper Alpha person, as in into languages and the arts, not so much into science. I know about Shakespeare and Dickens, about Millais and Rossetti, but not much about the Palaeozoic. I'm trying to put that right, so now I'm reading about rocks, fossils and other ancients. I find it can be pretty hard going at times. Yes, I like history, but I've always read about the bits with people in, not about rocks, little animals and tiny plants. Or big plates sliding across the surface of the earth, moving all of us about at the speed of a fingernail growing. It is fascinating though, and as I read more about it, I understand it just a little better and I enjoy finding out more. It can be hard going though, because this requires a different way of thinking, really. You need to understand, and know how it all works. I had to read up on plate tectonics in various sources to get the idea, and I have the same with the formation of rocks. So many details and so much to remember. I'll get there, though, in the end. And we are definitely talking different time scales here....