Minnesota's geologist : the life of Newton Horace Winchell /

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"The story of the scientist who first mapped Minnesota's geology, set against the backdrop of early scientific inquiry in the state"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leaf, Sue, 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Winchell, N. H. > (Newton Horace), > 1839-1914.
Geologists > Minnesota > Biography.
Geology > Minnesota > History.
Géologues > Minnesota > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists
Geologists.
Geology.
Minnesota.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Finding a footing
  • A solid foundation
  • Metamorphosis
  • Working geologist
  • Settling in Minneapolis
  • Fracture
  • Bedrock and rivers
  • The Winchells broaden their reach
  • Rocks of fire : the North Shore
  • Portages : the boundary waters and iron ranges
  • Back to the North Shore
  • The boom
  • Fieldwork, politics, and feminism
  • Shaping a science
  • The American geologist
  • Terminal moraine
  • Americans in Paris
  • Glacial retreat
  • The archaeologist
  • Winchell the rock.

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