The 1785 Abstract of James Hutton's Theory of the Earth
Author : James Hutton
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 16,12 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Science
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Author : James Hutton
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 16,12 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Science
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Author : James Hutton
Publisher :
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 32,31 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Geology
ISBN : 9780907182269
Author : Jack Repcheck
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 35,48 MB
Release : 2010-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 1458766624
There are four men whose life's work helped free science from the straitjacket of religion. Three of the four - Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, and Charles Darwin - are widely heralded for their breakthroughs. The fourth, James Hutton, is comparatively unknown. 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. Telling the story not only of Hutton, but of the rich intellectual milieu of the Scottish Enlightenment, which brought together some of the greatest thinkers of the age - from David Hume and Adam Smith to James Watt and Erasmus Darwin - The Man Who Found Time is an enlightening, engaging narrative about a little-known man and the science he established.
Author : Stephen Baxter
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,40 MB
Release : 2004-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780765312389
In the lusty and turbulent world of Enlightenment Scotland, he set out to prove it.".
Author : James Hutton
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Page : 110 pages
File Size : 16,44 MB
Release : 1788
Category : Cosmogony
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Author : Dennis Dean
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 46,29 MB
Release : 2019-06-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 1501733990
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.
Author : Edmond A. Mathez
Publisher :
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 31,19 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781565845954
A collection of essays and articles provides a study of how the planet works, discussing Earth's structure, geographical features, geologic history, and evolution.
Author : Claudio Tuniz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,1 MB
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0199692424
Radioactivity - the breakdown of unstable atomic nuclei, releasing radiation - is a fundamental process in nature, and used to provide important applications in science, medicine, and energy production. But it remains misunderstood and feared. In this Very Short Introduction, Claudio Tuniz explains the nature and mechanisms of radioactivity.
Author : David Roger Oldroyd
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 23,31 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674883826
Thinking about the Earth is a history of the geological tradition of Western science. David Oldroyd traverses such topics as "mechanical" and "historicist" views of the earth, map-work, chemical analyses of rocks and minerals, geomorphology, experimental petrology, seismology, theories of mountain building, and geochemistry.
Author : John Playfair
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 38,69 MB
Release : 2011-05-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 1108072313
John Playfair's (1748-1819) highly influential explanation and defence, first published in 1802, of James Hutton's geological theories.