James Hutton and the History of Geology / Dennis Dean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dean, Dennis, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In James Hutton and the History of Geology, Dennis R. Dean provides a more accurate and complete account of Hutton's major geological writings than any that has hitherto appeared. He examines the growth and development of Hutton's thought in the light of his training and experience in medicine, agriculture, and philosophy, locating him within the intellectual milieux of Edinburgh at the height of the Scottish Enlightenment.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

1. The Man and His Theory

2. "Theory of the Earth": The Middle Phase

3. Theory of the Earth, 1795

4. Hall, Werner, and Jameson

5. Playfair

6. Huttonian Controversy

7. Huttonians and Wernerians

8. The Triumph of Facts

9. Specific Problems

10. Lyell

11. Hutton and the Historians

12. Toward Modernity

Appendix 1. Hutton and Black

Appendix 2. Hutton and Toulmin

Appendix 3. Hutton and Geological Time

Appendix 4. The Authorship of Hutton's "Abstract"

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5017-3399-0

OCLC:

1129156709