| Description |
xxiv, 708 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Note |
"Based on the Tarner lectures delivered at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1996." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 653-699) and index. |
| Contents |
Understanding the earth -- Naturalists, philosophers, and others -- Sciences of the earth -- The theory of the earth -- Transposing history into the earth -- Problems with fossils -- Reconstructing geohistory -- A new science of "geology"? -- Denizens of a former world -- Geognosy enriched into geohistory -- The gateway to the deep past -- Earth's last revolution. |
| Summary |
'Bursting the Limits of Time' describes how the natural world, through the new sciences of geology & paleontology, came to be historicised during the Age of Revolution. |
| Subject |
Science -- Europe -- History -- 18th century.
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Geology -- Europe -- History -- 18th century.
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Sciences -- Europe -- Histoire -- 18e siècle. |
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Géologie -- Europe -- Histoire -- 18e siècle. |
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Geologie.
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Historische Geologie.
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Geology. (OCoLC)fst00940627
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Science. (OCoLC)fst01108176
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064 |
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Geschichte 1787-1825 |
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1700 - 1799 |
| Genre |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0226731111 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780226731117 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0226731138 (pbk.) |
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9780226731131 (pbk.) : $35.00 |
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