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From mineralogy to geology : the foundations of the earth sciences, 1650-1830 / Rachel Laudan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laudan, Rachel, 1944-
- Series:
- Science and its conceptual foundations
- Science and its conceptual foundations.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Earth sciences--History.
- Earth sciences.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1987.
- Summary:
- Geology, according to most histories of the field, emerged as a separate scientific specialty in early nineteenth-century Britain, where its practitioners attempted to understand the development of the earth's crust and to free geology from the Biblical account of creation. In From Mineralogy to Geology, Rachel Laudan presents a challenging alternative view. By examining earlier scientific traditions in continental Europe, she traces the intellectual roots of geology to mineralogy and chemical cosmogony.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 236-268.
- ISBN:
- 0226469506
- OCLC:
- 14933271
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