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"James Hutton burst the boundaries of time, thereby establishing geology's most distinctive and transforming contribution to human thought--Deep Time."--Stephen Jay Gould.
The Bible taught us that the world was "created" in about a week. By studying the ages of Biblical characters, scholars figured out that the world was about 6,000 years old. To counter that would mean hellfire and being burned to death here on earth. Some scientists still showed courage.
Nicolaus Copernicus argued in 1543 that ...more
The Bible taught us that the world was "created" in about a week. By studying the ages of Biblical characters, scholars figured out that the world was about 6,000 years old. To counter that would mean hellfire and being burned to death here on earth. Some scientists still showed courage.
Nicolaus Copernicus argued in 1543 that ...more
Remarkably wide ranging. Evolution, geology, and the history of Scotland. Just why did Scotland join the Union with England and Wales? Debt for a failed construction project in the new world!
Recomended to me by a friend, this short biography about the father of modern geology was engaging, inspiring and offers a very wide view into the life and times of not only Hutton but also his contemporaries. I am confident that this book has the potential to captivate the geologist and non-geologist audience.
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