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Bursting the limits of time : the reconstruction of geohistory in the age of revolution / Martin J.S. Rudwick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rudwick, M. J. S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Europe--History--18th century.
- Science.
- Geology.
- History.
- Europe.
- Geology--Europe--History--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 708 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2005]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Understanding the earth
- Naturalists, philosophers, and others
- Sciences of the earth
- The theory of the earth
- Transposing history into the earth
- Problems with fossils
- Reconstructing geohistory
- A new science of "geology"?
- Denizens of a former world
- Geognosy enriched into geohistory
- The gateway to the deep past
- Earth's last revolution.
- Notes:
- "Based on the Tarner lectures delivered at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1996."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 653-699) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780226731148
- 0226731146
- Publisher Number:
- 99983358509
- 9780226731117
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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