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Author Rudwick, M. J. S.

Title Worlds before Adam : the reconstruction of geohistory in the age of reform / Martin J.S. Rudwick
Published Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], [2008]
©2008

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Description xxii, 614 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Summary "The first detailed account of the reconstruction of prehuman geohistory, Martin J. S. Rudwick takes readers from the post-Napoleonic Restoration in Europe to the early years of Britain's Victorian age, chronicling the staggering discoveries geologists made during the period: the uncovering of the first dinosaur fossils, the glacial theory of the last Ice Age, and the meaning of igneous rocks, among others. Ultimately, Rudwick reveals geology to be the first of the sciences to investigate the historical dimension of nature."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-603) and index
Subject Geology -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
Science -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
LC no. 2007041676
ISBN 9780226731285 (hbk.)
0226731286 (hbk.)