A Passion for Gold is a must-read. Roberts has followed and continues to enjoy a passionate life-long quest for truth. This quest has influenced many generations of economic geologists in both academia and industry. As manifested in this easily read autobiographical sketch, Roberts has demonstrated that knowledge is advanced and impacted often by the passion of the scientist for his or her research and by life's circumstances. His academic contributions, significant as they are, however, have only served as a foundation for his repeated incursions into mineral exploration, specifically gold exploration, which he officially began after a long career with the U.S. Geological Survey.
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