by Chris Tachibana | Sep 3, 2015 | ScienceWire
Too High Too Steep by former NSWA President David B. Williams @geologywriter is now available. David will launch the book at the University Bookstore in Seattle’s U District on September 9, 7:00 pm. David’s book promises lots of “did you know”...
by Matt Vivion | Jul 15, 2015 | Past Events
NSWA members and guests enjoyed a “Stories in Stone” walking tour of downtown Seattle on July 15 with David Williams, former NSWA president, naturalist and writer. Most people do not think of looking for geology from the sidewalks of Seattle, but for the...
by Chris Tachibana | Jul 3, 2013 | ScienceWire
Tim Merrick of the Idaho U.S. Geological Survey makes a big pitch for geoscience in a 5-minute Ignite talk that lives on in an online video. Tim’s enthusiasm for the environment, earth science, and the Pacific Northwest—specifically Boise—is scientifically sound and...
by Chris Tachibana | Jan 3, 2013 | ScienceWire
Nothing grips a writer or a scientist more than the quest for precision. Hence the popularity with science writers of David B. Williams’ blogpost “Rock or Stone: Is there a difference?” Absolutely. But it depends on whether you are British, American, on land, at sea,...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 2, 2012 | ScienceWire
NSWA board member David B. Williams celebrates his new book, Cairns: Messengers in Stone, coming soon to bookstores and available now by pre-order. A pile of rocks will never look the same. Is that a grave, an altar, or a border marking? Ask David yourself at the book...