The man who found time : James Hutton and the discovery of the Earth's antiquity / Jack Repcheck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Repcheck, Jack.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geologists--Scotland--Biography.

Geologists.

Geology--History.

Geology.

Hutton, James, 1726-1797.

Hutton, James.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, 2009.

Summary:

There are three men whose life's work helped free science from the strait-jacket of religion. Two of the three?Nicolaus Copernicus and Charles Darwin?are widely heralded for their breakthroughs. The third, James Hutton, is comparatively unknown, yet he profoundly changed our understanding of the earth, its age, and its dynamic forces.A Scottish gentleman farmer, Hutton's observations on his small tract of land led him to a theory that directly contradicted biblical claims that the Earth was only 6,000 years old. This expertly crafted narrative tells the story not only of Hutton, but al

Contents:

Praise for: The Man Who Found Time; Contents; Prologue; 1: Looking So Far Into the Abyss of Time; 2: First Came Adam and Eve, Then Came Cain and Abel . . .; 3: Auld Reekie; 4: The Storm Before the Calm; 5: Youthful Wanderings; 6: The Paradox of the Soil; 7: The Athens of the North; 8: The Eureka Moments; 9: Hutton's Boswell's; 10: The Huttonian Revolution; Epilogue; Appendix; Sources and Suggested Readings; Acknowledgments; Index

Notes:

"A member of the Perseus Books Group."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-228) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-46020-X

9786612460203

0-7867-4399-9

0-7867-4475-8

OCLC:

792687395