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Making deep history : zeal, perseverance, and the time revolution of 1859 / Clive Gamble.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gamble, Clive, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chronology--History.
- Chronology.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- The discovery of ancient stone implements alongside the bones of mammoths by John Evans and Joseph Prestwich in 1859 kicked open the door for a time revolution in human history. Clive Gamble explores the personalities of these revolutionaries and the significant impact their work had on the scientific advances of the next 160 years.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-191332-4
- 0-19-264367-3
- 0-19-264368-1
- OCLC:
- 1242868406
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