Climate and Time in their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate - Couverture souple

Croll, James

 
9781108048378: Climate and Time in their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate
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ISBN 10 : 1108048374 ISBN 13 : 9781108048378
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

This first book by James Croll (1821–90), published in 1875, includes many of the original geophysical theories that he had formulated throughout the early years of his career. A self-educated amateur, Croll obtained work at the Glasgow Andersonian Museum, which gave him leisure time to pursue his scientific interests. The fluidity of scientific disciplines at the time allowed him to virtually invent the field of geophysics, and his unique insights united ideas previously thought unconnected, such as using physics to explore the causes of the glacial epochs, climatic changes and the circulation and temperature of ocean currents. Croll, whose Stellar Evolution and its Relations to Geological Time is also reissued in this series, later became a Fellow of the Royal Society and of St Andrew's University, but (possibly because of his non-scientific background) he writes in a style which makes his works accessible to a lay readership.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This first book by James Croll (1821–90), published in 1875, includes many of the original geophysical theories that he had formulated throughout the early years of his career. A self-educated amateur, Croll obtained work at the Glasgow Andersonian Museum, which gave him leisure time to pursue his scientific interests. The fluidity of scientific disciplines at the time allowed him to virtually invent the field of geophysics, and his unique insights united ideas previously thought unconnected, such as using physics to explore the causes of the glacial epochs, climatic changes and the circulation and temperature of ocean currents. Croll, whose Stellar Evolution and its Relations to Geological Time is also reissued in this series, later became a Fellow of the Royal Society and of St Andrew's University, but (possibly because of his non-scientific background) he writes in a style which makes his works accessible to a lay readership.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1108048374
ISBN 13 
9781108048378
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
620
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9781332604838: Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10 :  1332604838 ISBN 13 :  9781332604838
Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018
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