Controversy in Victorian Geology : The Cambrian-Silurian Dispute

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Secord gives a dazzlingly detailed account of this scientific trench warfare and its social consequences. One ends up with a marvellous feeling for the major taxonomic enterprises in Darwin's younger day: mapping, ordering, conquering 'taming the chaos"" of the strata. All of the...

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Main Author: Secord, James A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Silurian Geologic Period.
Geology, Stratigraphic.
Geology.
Cambrian Geologic Period.
SCIENCE > History.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
Stratigraphie > Silurien > Histoire.
Stratigraphie > Cambrien > Histoire.
Geology > Wales > History.
Geology, Stratigraphic > Silurian > History.
Geology, Stratigraphic > Cambrian > History.
Wales.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Secord gives a dazzlingly detailed account of this scientific trench warfare and its social consequences. One ends up with a marvellous feeling for the major taxonomic enterprises in Darwin's younger day: mapping, ordering, conquering 'taming the chaos"" of the strata. All of these of course had social and imperial ramifications; and Secord mentions geology's moral appeal (in supporting a divinely-stratified Creation) to a beleaguered elite intent on subduing the lower orders. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand techn
Item Description:Cover.
Physical Description:1 online resource (301 pages).
ISBN:9781400854660

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