Martin J.S. Rudwick

Lyell and Darwin, Geologists

Studies in the Earth Sciences in the Age of Reform

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Produktbeschreibung

The studies in this second volume by Martin Rudwick focus on the figures of Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin. Lyell rose to be of pivotal importance because he challenged other geologists throughout Europe by probing their methods and conclusions to the limit. His younger friend Charles Darwin first made his name as a Lyellian geologist; Darwin's early work in geology, studied here, provided important foundations for his later and more famous research.

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Produktdetails

• Variorum Collected Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 150mm x 223mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9781138375666
• ISBN-10: 1138375667
• Artikelnr.: 67679666

Autorenporträt

Martin J.S. Rudwick is Professor Emeritus of History of Science at the University of California San Diego, USA, and the University of Cambridge, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction; Notes on the articles; Bibliography. Lyell's
Concept of Uniformity: Uniformity and progression: reflections on the
structure of geological theory in the age of Lyell; Lyell and the
Principles of Geology. The Making of the Principles: Poulett Scrope on the
volcanos of the Auvergne: Lyellian time and political economy; Lyell on
Etna, and the antiquity of the earth; Historical analogies in the early
geological work of Charles Lyell; Charles Lyell's dream of a statistical
palaeontology. The Reception of the Principles: Caricature as a Source for
the History of Science: De la Beche's anti-Lyellian sketches of 1831;
Charles Lyell, F.R.S. (1797-1875) and his London lectures on geology,
1832-33. Darwin as a Geologist: Charles Darwin in London: the Integration
of Public and Private Science; Darwin and Glen Roy: a 'Great Failure' in
Scientific Method?; Index.