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Soils provide us with food, feed, fiber, and fuel. Furthermore, they support many different forms of life on Earth. This book aims to promote the understanding of soils, their development, their functions and their distribution, and enable closer contact with this important natural resource. For most of the chapters, the first English edition of this soil science textbook represents a translation of the German 16th edition published in 2010, originating from the first edition in German in 1937. In keeping with the organization and contents that made the German editions bestsellers, the textbook covers all major aspects of soil science. However, the chapters on soil development and classification and soil geography were completely revised and adapted to international classification systems. A number of figures have also been redrawn and revised for the first English edition. This textbook aims to provide an up-to-date account of …