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Charles Darwin Geologist
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Author : Sandra Herbert
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2005
Charles Darwin Geologist written by Sandra Herbert and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Pleasure of imagination.... I a geologist have illdefined notion of land covered with ocean, former animals, slow force cracking surface &c truly poetical."--from Charles Darwin's Notebook M, 1838 The early nineteenth century was a golden age for the study of geology. New discoveries in the field were greeted with the same enthusiasm reserved today for advances in the biomedical sciences. In her long-awaited account of Charles Darwin's intellectual development, Sandra Herbert focuses on his geological training, research, and thought, asking both how geology influenced Darwin and how Darwin influenced the science. Elegantly written, extensively illustrated, and informed by the author's prodigious research in Darwin's papers and in the nineteenth-century history of earth sciences, Charles Darwin, Geologist provides a fresh perspective on the life and accomplishments of this exemplary thinker. As Herbert reveals, Darwin's great ambition as a young scientist--one he only partially realized--was to create a "simple" geology based on movements of the earth's crust. (Only one part of his scheme has survived in close to the form in which he imagined it: a theory explaining the structure and distribution of coral reefs.) Darwin collected geological specimens and took extensive notes on geology during all of his travels. His grand adventure as a geologist took place during the circumnavigation of the earth by H.M.S. Beagle (1831-1836)--the same voyage that informed his magnum opus, On the Origin of Species. Upon his return to England it was his geological findings that first excited scientific and public opinion. Geologists, including Darwin's former teachers, proved a receptive audience, the British government sponsored publication of his research, and the general public welcomed his discoveries about the earth's crust. Because of ill health, Darwin's years as a geological traveler ended much too soon: his last major geological fieldwork took place in Wales when he was only thirty-three. However, the experience had been transformative: the methods and hypotheses of Victorian-era geology, Herbert suggests, profoundly shaped Darwin's mind and his scientific methods as he worked toward a full-blown understanding of evolution and natural selection.
Principles Of Geology
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Author : Sir Charles Lyell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872
Principles Of Geology written by Sir Charles Lyell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with Geology categories.
Darwin S First Theory
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Author : Rob Wesson
language : en
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Release Date : 2018-06-12
Darwin S First Theory written by Rob Wesson and has been published by Pegasus Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-12 with Science categories.
Everybody knows—or thinks they know—Charles Darwin, the father of evolution and the man who altered the way we view our place in the world. But what most people do not know is that Darwin was on board the HMS Beagle as a geologist—on a mission to examine the land, not flora and fauna.Tracing Darwin’s footsteps in South America and beyond, geologist Rob Wesson sets out on a trek across the Andes, repeating the nautical surveys made by the Beagle’s crew, hunting for fossils in Uruguay and Argentina, and explores traces of long vanished glaciers in Scotland and Wales. By following Darwin’s path literally and intellectually, Rob experiences the landscape that absorbed Darwin, followed his reasoning about what he saw, and immerses himself in the same questions about the earth. Upon Darwin’s return from the five-year journey, he conceived his theory of tectonics—his first theory. These concepts and attitudes—the vastness of time; the enormous cumulative impact of almost imperceptibly slow change; change as a constant feature of the environment—underlie his subsequent discoveries in evolution. And this peculiar way of thinking remains vitally important today as we enter the Anthropocene.
Geological Observations On The Volcanic Islands And Parts Of South America
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Author : Charles Darwin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Geological Observations On The Volcanic Islands And Parts Of South America written by Charles Darwin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Beagle Expedition categories.
Charles Darwin As Geologist
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Author : Archibald Geikie
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2022-10-27
Charles Darwin As Geologist written by Archibald Geikie and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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Geological Observations On The Volcanic Islands And Parts Of South America Visited During The Voyage Of H M S Beagle
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Author : Charles 1809-1882 Darwin
language : en
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Release Date : 2016-08-26
Geological Observations On The Volcanic Islands And Parts Of South America Visited During The Voyage Of H M S Beagle written by Charles 1809-1882 Darwin and has been published by Wentworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-26 with History categories.
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Charles Darwin S Life With Birds
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Author : Clifford B. Frith
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
Charles Darwin S Life With Birds written by Clifford B. Frith and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Focuses exclusively on Darwin the ornithologist, not on biographical aspects of Darwin's life
Charles Darwin As Geologist
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Author : Sir Archibald Geikie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909
Charles Darwin As Geologist written by Sir Archibald Geikie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with Geologist categories.
Charles Darwin As Geologist
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Author : Sir Archibald Geikie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Charles Darwin As Geologist written by Sir Archibald Geikie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Geology categories.