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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Preface; List of Footnote Abbreviations; Dramatis Personae; Part I. Setting the Scene; Chapter 1. Scientific Research under a Historical Microscope; Chapter 2. Arenas of Gentlemanly Debate; Chapter 3. Unraveling the Earth; Part II. The Plot Unfolds; Chapter 4. Prelude: Unraveling the Greywacke; Chapter 5. The Controversy Goes Public; Chapter 6. Taming the Transition; Chapter 7. Devonshire Put to the Test; Chapter 8. Interpretative Maneuvers; Chapter 9. Shifting the Argument; Chapter 10. Big Books in Collision; Chapter 11. The Devonian System Reborn.

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