Accessible to students with varying science backgrounds, this introduction to soil science offers solid coverage of all major topics. The authors use a unique building the pedon model to provide students with a single soil concept on which to build and learn. The text features diagrams and colour photographs with actual data, and provides optional chapter supplements for either review or enrichment, depending on individual needs. Soil parts are introduced systematically and in relation to one another, relating the complex soil body to its larger environment.