David R. Oldroyd: Thinking about the Earth A History of Ideas in Geology Studies in the History and Philosophy of the Earth Sciences.

Autor: David R. Oldroyd

Titel: Thinking about the Earth
A History of Ideas in Geology
Studies in the History and Philosophy of the Earth Sciences

Auflage: Erstausgabe

Verlagsname: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Jahr: 1996

Seitenanzahl: 410 Seiten mit 62 Bildern

Einband: Gebunden Leinen

Bemerkung: Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Glossary - Introduction - A Mythical and Living World: Ideas About the Earth in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance - 'Mechanical' Theories of the Earth and Physico-Theology - The Beginnings of Geological Science: Detachment from Cosmogony and Mineralogy - Thoughts on Heat, Fire and Water - The Earth Surveyed and Geologically Mapped: the Territorial Imperative - Geological Time and the Tempo of Geological Change - Thoughts About Climate, Glaciation and Carving the Earth's Surface - The Making of Mountains and the Pulse of the Earth - Thinking About Rocks and their Formation: Magma, Migma and All That Stuff - Thinking with Instruments: Earthquakes, Early Seismology and the Earth's Hidden Interior - Movement of Poles and Continents, or Getting Bigger? - Some Grander Ways of Thinking - Some Concluding Thoughts - Suggestions for Further Reading - Notes - Bibliography - Index

Produktart: Buch

Sprache: Englisch

Länge x Breite: 24 cm x 16 cm

ISBN: 0674883829