When geologists were historians, 1665-1750 /
""An essential perspective for those seeking a serious introduction to early geological science and a fundamental point of departure for future research ... No other book has this scope and conceptual focus.""--Kenneth L. Taylor, University of ...
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Ithaca, N.Y. :
Cornell University Press,
©1997.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; When Geologists Were Historians; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Republic of Letters; 2 Certainty and Probability; 3 Natural and Civil History; 4 Fossil Questions; 5 Diluvialism, For and Against; 6 Alternatives to Diluvialism: Some Ingredients; 7 Alternatives to Diluvialism: Some Syntheses; 8 Buffon and the Rejection of History; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index