What Happened Today? 1763: “Pontiac’s Rebellion” begins when a group of Native American warriors under Ottawa chief Pontiac attack the British force at Detroit. Pontiac finally signed a treaty with the British in 1766.
The Story Of Earth:
31. But we would be equally foolish to address the current state of Earth without taking full advantage of what it already tells us about its surprising storied past, about its unpredictable dynamic present, and about ourselves and our place in its future.
32. Most of my life has been trying to understand our vibrant, complex, changeable home.
33. As a boy, I collected rocks and minerals, cramming my room full of fossils and crystals, side by side with random bugs and bones.
34. My entire professional career has followed that Earth-centric theme.
35. I began with experiments at the submicroscopic scale of atoms, studying the molecular structure of rock forming minerals, heating and squeezing tiny mineral grains to document the pressure-like effects of Earth’s deep interior.