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Book Synopsis Gideon Mantell and the Discovery of Dinosaurs by : Dennis R. Dean
Download or read book Gideon Mantell and the Discovery of Dinosaurs written by Dennis R. Dean and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a scholarly yet accessible 1999 biography of a pioneering dinosaur hunter and scholar.
Book Synopsis James Hutton and the History of Geology by : Dennis Dean
Download or read book James Hutton and the History of Geology written by Dennis Dean and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In James Hutton and the History of Geology, Dennis R. Dean provides a more accurate and complete account of Hutton's major geological writings than any that has hitherto appeared. He examines the growth and development of Hutton's thought in the light of his training and experience in medicine, agriculture, and philosophy, locating him within the intellectual milieux of Edinburgh at the height of the Scottish Enlightenment.
Download or read book James Hutton written by Alan McKirdy and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Earth written by Edmond A. Mathez and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays and articles provides a study of how the planet works, discussing Earth's structure, geographical features, geologic history, and evolution.
Book Synopsis The 1785 Abstract of James Hutton's Theory of the Earth by : James Hutton
Download or read book The 1785 Abstract of James Hutton's Theory of the Earth written by James Hutton and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis James Hutton in the Field and in the Study by : James Hutton
Download or read book James Hutton in the Field and in the Study written by James Hutton and published by Academic Resources Corp. This book was released on 1997 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ages in Chaos written by Stephen Baxter and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-08-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the eighteenth century, the received wisdom, based on biblical calculations, was that the Earth was just six thousand years old. James Hutton, a gentleman with a passion for rocks, knew that could not be the case. Looking at the irregular strata of the Earth he deduced that a much longer span of time would be required for the landscape he saw to have evolved. In the turbulent world of Enlightenment Scotland, he set out to prove it. Hutton's entourage in Edinburgh comprised the leading thinkers of the age, including Erasmus Darwin, Adam Smith, James Watt, David Hume, and Joseph Black. But his geological theories would ignite decades of profound religious debate. Ultimately, Hutton's discovery of deep time changed our view of the universe forever.
Book Synopsis The Mountain Mystery by : Ron Miksha
Download or read book The Mountain Mystery written by Ron Miksha and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty years ago, no one could explain mountains. Arguments about their origin were spirited, to say the least. Progressive scientists were ridiculed for their ideas. Most geologists thought the Earth was shrinking. Contracting like a hot ball of iron, shrinking and exposing ridges that became mountains. Others were quite sure the planet was expanding. Growth widened sea basins and raised mountains. There was yet another idea, the theory that the world's crust was broken into big plates that jostled around, drifting until they collided and jarred mountains into existence. That idea was invariably dismissed as pseudo-science. Or "utter damned rot" as one prominent scientist said. But the doubtful theory of plate tectonics prevailed. Mountains, earthquakes, ancient ice ages, even veins of gold and fields of oil are now seen as the offspring of moving tectonic plates. Just half a century ago, most geologists sternly rejected the idea of drifting continents. But a few intrepid champions of plate tectonics dared to differ. The Mountain Mystery tells their story.
Book Synopsis Theory of the earth; or an investigation of the laws observable in the composition, dissolution and restoration of land upon the globe. (From. the Trans., Roy. soc. of Edinb.). by : James Hutton
Download or read book Theory of the earth; or an investigation of the laws observable in the composition, dissolution and restoration of land upon the globe. (From. the Trans., Roy. soc. of Edinb.). written by James Hutton and published by . This book was released on 1788 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Revising the Revisions by : A. M. Celâl Şengör
Download or read book Revising the Revisions written by A. M. Celâl Şengör and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2020-12-07 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "James Hutton's 'Theory of the Earth,' first published in 1785, was considered completely new by his contemporaries, different from anything that preceded it, and widely discussed both in Hutton's own country and abroad-from St. Petersburg through Europe to New York. Yet a recent trend among some historians of geology is to characterize Hutton's work as already behind the times in the late eighteenth century and remembered only because some later geologists found it convenient to represent it as a precursor of the prevailing opinions of the day. Painstakingly researched, richly referenced, and full of interesting stories, this Memoir shatters that line of thinking and restores Hutton's standing as the father of modern geology, his ideas fully relevant to the geological problems of his day"
Book Synopsis Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle by : Stephen Jay Gould
Download or read book Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle written by Stephen Jay Gould and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines scientific theories pertaining to the measurement of earth's history.
Book Synopsis Theory of the Earth, with Proofs and Illustrations by : James Hutton
Download or read book Theory of the Earth, with Proofs and Illustrations written by James Hutton and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book James Hutton written by D. B. McIntyre and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, Hutton is the acknolwedged founder of modern geology.
Book Synopsis Principles of Geology by : Sir Charles Lyell
Download or read book Principles of Geology written by Sir Charles Lyell and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis James Hutton--the Founder of Modern Geology by : Edward Battersby Bailey
Download or read book James Hutton--the Founder of Modern Geology written by Edward Battersby Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Bursting the Limits of Time by : M. J. S. Rudwick
Download or read book Bursting the Limits of Time written by M. J. S. Rudwick and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a revolution of discovery in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, geologists reconstructed the immensely long history of the earth--and the relatively recent arrival of human life. Bursting the Limits of Time is a herculean effort by one of the world's foremost experts on the history of geology and paleontology to illuminate this scientific breakthrough that radically altered existing perceptions of a human's place in the universe as much as the theories of Copernicus and Darwin did. Rudwick examines here the ideas and practices of earth scientists throughout the Western world to show how the story of what we now call "deep time" was pieced together. He explores who was responsible for the discovery of the earth's history, refutes the concept of a rift between science and religion in dating the earth, and details how the study of the history of the earth helped define a new branch of science called geology. Bursting the Limits of Time is the first detailed account of this monumental phase in the history of science. "Bursting the Limits of Time is a massive work and is quite simply a masterpiece of science history. . . . The book should be obligatory for every geology and history of science library, and is a highly recommended companion for every civilized geologist who can carry an extra 2.4 kg in his rucksack."--Stephen Moorbath, Nature
Book Synopsis James Hutton's Theory of the Earth by : John Clerk
Download or read book James Hutton's Theory of the Earth written by John Clerk and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: