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When Geologists Were Historians, 1665-1750.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1997Copyright date: ©1997Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (322 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501729614
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: When Geologists Were Historians, 1665-1750DDC classification:
  • 551/.094/09032
LOC classification:
  • QE13.E85 .R377 1997
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- When Geologists Were Historians -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Republic of Letters -- 2 Certainty and Probability -- 3 Natural and Civil History -- 4 Fossil Questions -- 5 Diluvialism, For and Against -- 6 Alternatives to Diluvialism: Some Ingredients -- 7 Alternatives to Diluvialism: Some Syntheses -- 8 Buffon and the Rejection of History -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: "An essential perspective for those seeking a serious introduction to early geological science and a fundamental point of departure for future research.... No other book has this scope and conceptual focus."--Kenneth L. Taylor, University of.
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Cover -- When Geologists Were Historians -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Republic of Letters -- 2 Certainty and Probability -- 3 Natural and Civil History -- 4 Fossil Questions -- 5 Diluvialism, For and Against -- 6 Alternatives to Diluvialism: Some Ingredients -- 7 Alternatives to Diluvialism: Some Syntheses -- 8 Buffon and the Rejection of History -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.

"An essential perspective for those seeking a serious introduction to early geological science and a fundamental point of departure for future research.... No other book has this scope and conceptual focus."--Kenneth L. Taylor, University of.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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