摘要
This valuable book was first published in Japanese in 2002, under the title Sedimentology： a way to the new discipline of earth sciences. Given the problems that nearly all non-Japanese people have in reading Japanese, its translation into English in an expanded form, accomplished with the help of Professor Kenyon-Smith, is exceedingly welcome, given that it is the first book to provide a history of sedimentology. I should say at the outset that the translation is firstrate, being a model of clarity that puts many modern English-language texts to shame. The book is also copiously illustrated, including many photo-portraits of persons previously only known to me by name or through their writings.
