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"--

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Leaf, Sue, 1953- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Winchell, N. H. > (Newton Horace), > 1839-1914.
Geology.
Geologists.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists
Geologues > Minnesota > Biographies.
Geology > Minnesota > History.
Geologists > Minnesota > Biography.
Minnesota.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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