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First published in 1951, Genesis and Geology describes the background of social and theological ideas and the progress of scientific researches which, between them, produced the religious difficulties that afflicted the development of science in early industrial England.

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Here…is a book to be read by all who wish to appreciate the scientific and social background of the half-century or so preceding the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. * Nature *
A lively account of the impact of scientific discoveries in geology upon religious beliefs in the decades before Darwin, [this book] will help to illuminate the one general problem of what happens when scientific ideas come into headlong conflict with ideas cherished by society. * Saturday Review *
A learned and scholarly but at the same time readable and even witty account of a fascinating chapter in the history of British scientific thought and natural theology. * Times Literary Supplement *

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    A Paperback / softback by Charles Coulston Gillispie, Nicolaas Rupke

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/09/1996
      ISBN13: 9780674344815, 978-0674344815
      ISBN10: 0674344812

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      First published in 1951, Genesis and Geology describes the background of social and theological ideas and the progress of scientific researches which, between them, produced the religious difficulties that afflicted the development of science in early industrial England.

      Trade Review
      Here…is a book to be read by all who wish to appreciate the scientific and social background of the half-century or so preceding the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. * Nature *
      A lively account of the impact of scientific discoveries in geology upon religious beliefs in the decades before Darwin, [this book] will help to illuminate the one general problem of what happens when scientific ideas come into headlong conflict with ideas cherished by society. * Saturday Review *
      A learned and scholarly but at the same time readable and even witty account of a fascinating chapter in the history of British scientific thought and natural theology. * Times Literary Supplement *

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