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Time Matters : Geology's Legacy to Scientific Thought.
Time Matters provides an invaluable insight into the background behind some of the key concepts we use in Earth science today. It shows the historical context in which these ideas were developed, the important contributions of individual scientists and thinkers, and how these ideas continue to shape...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester :
John Wiley & Sons,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Time Matters provides an invaluable insight into the background behind some of the key concepts we use in Earth science today. It shows the historical context in which these ideas were developed, the important contributions of individual scientists and thinkers, and how these ideas continue to shape our view of science and the world in which we live. The book covers subjects such as the age of the earth, catastrophism vs uniformitarianism, evolution vs creationism, plutonism vs neptunism, continental drift and plate tectonics. It explores the people involved, their ideas and the scientific and. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781444323269 1444323261 1405199083 9781405199087 1405199091 9781405199094 |