Principles of Geology, Volume 1 - Couverture souple

Lyell, Charles

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226497941 ISBN 13 : 9780226497945

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1990

Synopsis

As important to modern world views as any work of Darwin, Marx, or Freud, Principles of Geology is a landmark in the history of science. In this first of three volumes, Charles Lyell (1797-1875) sets forth his powerful uniformitarian argument: processes now visibly acting in the natural world are essentially the same as those that have acted throughout the history of the earth, and are sufficient to account for all geological phenomena.

Martin J. S. Rudwick's new Introduction, summarizing the origins of the Principles, guides the reader through the structure of the entire three-volume first edition and considers the legacy of Lyell's great work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Geology, and the various sciences which are so intimately connected with it.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226497941
• ISBN 13: 9780226497945
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 593
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