Charles Darwin, geologist / Sandra Herbert
- Bib ID:
- 3415723
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Herbert, Sandra
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- Description:
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- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2005
- xx, 485 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0801443482
- Summary:
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"In her account of Charles Darwin's intellectual development, Sandra Herbert focuses on his geological training, research, and thought, asking both how geology influenced Darwin and how Darwin influenced the science. Elegantly written, extensively illustrated, and informed by the author's prodigious research in Darwin's papers and in the nineteenth-century history of earth sciences, Charles Darwin, Geologist provides a fresh perspective on the life and accomplishments of this exemplary thinker."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Machine derived contents note: Contents
- List of Illustrations 000
- Preface 000
- 1. "I a geologist" 000
- Youth 000
- Politics 000
- Scientific Exploration 000
- Signposts to a Career 000
- 2. Geology 000
- A Field of Research 000
- The Beagle's Library 000
- The Geological Society of London 000
- Darwin's Place 000
- 3. Specimens 000
- Darwin as Collector 000
- Identifying the Specimens 000
- Housing the Specimens 000
- Using the Specimens to Interpret Geology 000
- 4. The Romantic Thread 000
- Darwin's First Book 000
- Nature as Experience 000
- Geology as Spectacle 000
- 5. A Prospective Author 000
- The Appeal of Authorship 000
- Establishing Methods in the Cape Verde Islands 000
- "Reflection on reading my Geological notes" 000
- "Elevation of Patagonia" 000
- "Recapitulation and concluding remarks" 000
- "Coral Islands" 000
- "Cleavage" 000
- Notebooks 000
- Becoming an Author 000
- 6. Negotiating Genesis and Geology 000
- Diluvialism 000
- Darwin and the Diluvium 000
- 7. Toward Simplicity 000
- Elevation and Subsidence 000
- The Ideal of Simplicity 000
- The Bracketed Subject of Origins: The Nebular Hypothesis 000
- Meteorites 000
- The Figure of the Earth 000
- A Role for the British Association for the Advancement of
- Science? 000
- Elevation: Coastlines, Mountains, and Continents 000
- Subsidence: On the Evidence from Coral Reefs 000
- Darwin's Relationship to Lyell 000
- 8. Simplicity Challenged 000
- Glaciers 000
- Darwin's 1837 Manuscript 000
- Darwin's 1838 Addendum 000
- Darwin's 18371842 Research in Shropshire, Scotland, and Wales
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- The Effect of the Glacial Theory on Darwin's Ideal of a "Simple"
- Geology 000
- 9. Geology and Species 000
- The Legacy of a Book 000
- Darwin's Formulation of the Species Question during the Beagle
- Voyage 000
- 10. Geology and the Origin of Species 000
- "In former case position, in latter time" 000
- Darwin's Pathway, 18371859 000
- The Geological Record 000
- Descent 000
- Classification and Divergence 000
- The Primacy of Geology 000
- The Origin of Variability 000
- The Rate of Change for Species 000
- "On the Lapse of Time" 000
- Conclusion 000
- List of Abbreviations 000
- Notes 000
- Bibliography 000
- Index 000.
- Notes:
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- Formerly CIP.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-471) and index.
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