Veteran science journalist Bob McDonald has had the unique opportunity to observce first-hand many exciting and intriguing scientific developments fo the past twenty-five years. In this wonderful, often playful series of personal essays, he shares with us his scientific perspective on everything from the Great Lakes to sky-diving to space exploration. Often whimsical and always enlightening, 'Measuring the Earth with a Stick' steeps the reader in the wonders of science in evidence all around us.