II conte Enrico Fossa Mancini nacque a Jesi (AN) il 7 dicembre 1884' da Eugenio e Margherita Censi, discendente da nobile famiglia originaria di Arcevia (AN). Compiuti gli studi liceali classici si laured in Giurisprudenza presso l’Universita di Perugia nel 1907 (Frenguelli, 1950; Radice, 1950; Herrero, 1953; Urbani 1992 e 1993). Nel 1909, a Roma, contrasse matrimonio con Caterina Isabella Fabri di S. Vittoria in Matenano (AP), figlia del conte Luigi. Studio poi Fisica all’Universita di Roma, (1909-1910), per trasferirsi infine all’Universita di Pisa (1910-1913), dove consegui la laurea in Scienze Naturali. All’Universita di Pisa Fossa Mancini ebbe tra i suoi maestri il Prof.

This laboratory manual is based on our collective 70-plus years of teaching and coordinating introductory geology courses. Those experiences have helped us understand not only how students best learn geologic principles, but also how to stimulate their engagement with the material to enhance their learning process. Our manual provides (1) an up-to-date, comprehensive background that addresses the hands-on tasks at the core of any introductory geology course; (2) patient stepby-step explanations that are more easily understood by students than those in textbooks; (3) text and exercises that lead students to think like geologists, engaging them in solving real-life problems important to their lives; and (4) the passion and excitement that we still feel after decades as teachers and geologists.

Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology has been developed by the geoscience education community for the benefit of our students and is produced under the auspices of the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) and the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT). For decades and continuing through the present day, it has been the most widely adopted manual available for teaching laboratories in introductory geology and geoscience.

Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology is the most widely adopted, user-friendly manual available for teaching laboratories in introductory geology and geoscience. The manual has been produced under the auspices of the American Geological Institute (AGI) and the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT). It is backed up by an Internet site, GeoTools (ruler, protractor, UTM grids, sediment grain-size scale, etc.), Instructor Resource Guide, Instructor Slide Set, Instructor Transparency Set, and a Digital Image Gallery (DIGIT) CD-ROM.'