{"product_id":"inventing-the-earth-9781405101875","title":"Inventing the Earth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book chronicles how successive generations of natural philosophers, geologists and geomorphologists have come to invent the view of the Earth over the past 250 years. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChronicles how successive generations of natural philosophers, geologists and geomorphologists have come to invent different views of the Earth over the last 250 years.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses as its central viewpoint changing ideas about the significance of the action of rain and rivers on the Earth's surface.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how our contemporary truths have come to be accepted and exposes the frailty of even the most impeccably scientific visions of the Earth.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Interesting, informative, and easy to read.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Leading Edge \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Barbara Kennedy chronicles evolutionary stages of generations of views of the discovery of our planet. The presentation is lucid and enjoyable. This highly readable book can be compared wih Kenneth Hsu's books on \u003ci\u003ePhysical Principles of Sedimentology\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published in 1994 . . . Such books are rare indeed.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJournal of Sedimentary Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Inventing Scientific Explanations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Inventing the Age (and Origin) of the Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Inventing 'Modern Earth Science': Charles Lyell and 'The Principles of Geology'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Inventing the Ice Age: the Rôle of Louis Agassiz.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Inventing a Balanced View of 'Forces Now in Operation': Charles Darwin's Travels in Space and Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Inventing a Fluvial Landscape: Powell, Gilbert and the Western Explorations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Invention of the Geographical Cycle and the Synthetic Genius of W. M. Davis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Reinventing a Newtonian Universe: the Reductionist Revolution, 1945-1977.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Reinventing the Earth, 1977-: Homo sapiens, History and Micro-organisms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix I: Cast of Principal Characters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix II: Selective Glossary of Technical Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407836684631,"sku":"9781405101875","price":104.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405101875.jpg?v=1730500691","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/inventing-the-earth-9781405101875","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}