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Thinking about the Earth : A History of Ideas in Geology (Studies in the History and Philosophy of the Earth Sciences)
Thinking about the Earth A History of Ideas in Geology - Studies in the History and Philosophy of the Earth Sciences
Author: David Oldroyd
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.
ISBN-13: 9780674883826
ISBN-10: 0674883829
Publication Date: 11/1/1996
Pages: 440
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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