The Great Devonian Controversy : the Shaping of Scientific Knowledge among Gentlemanly Specialists.

"Arguably the best work to date in the history of geology."--David R. Oldroyd, Science. "After a superficial first glance, most readers of good will and broad knowledge might dismiss [this book] as being too much about too little. They would be making one of the biggest mistakes in th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rudwick, Martin J. S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1985.
Colección:Science and its conceptual foundations.
Temas:
From 345 to 405 million years ago
Geology, Stratigraphic > Devonian.
Science > History.
Geology > History.
Geology > England > Devon.
Stratigraphie > Dévonien.
Sciences > Histoire.
Géologie > Angleterre > Devon.
Devonian Geologic Period
Geology
Geology, Stratigraphic
Science
Controversen.
Stratigrafie.
Devoon.
England > Devon
science, scientist, knowledge, education, gentleman, controversial, history, historical, academic, scholarly, geology, geological, debate, intellectual, stratigraphic, system, period, college, university, textbook, professor, classroom, higher ed, academia, learning, rocks, critical, theory, theoretical, public, consensus, nature, natural.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Arguably the best work to date in the history of geology."--David R. Oldroyd, Science. "After a superficial first glance, most readers of good will and broad knowledge might dismiss [this book] as being too much about too little. They would be making one of the biggest mistakes in their intellectual lives. ... [It] could become one of our century's key documents in understanding science and its history."--Stephen Jay Gould, New York Review of Books. "Surely one of the most important studies in the history of science of recent years, and arguably the best work to date.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (529 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-483) and index.
ISBN:9780226731001
0226731006

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