The team ran on the field and lined up 'in' a punt 'formation'.
The book explains the 'formation' of the planets.
the 'formation' [='development'] of new ideas
(..) Nobody move. Tell me that's not what I think it is. Muscovite. Muscovite. What's muscovite? - Muscovite is a thin type of rock formation. - How thin? Well, so thin that the slightest change in weight and pressure... ...can cause it to shatter. And we're standing on a lot of it. Just stop. Stop. (..)2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth