Thinking about the Earth

Thinking about the Earth
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 462
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ISBN-10 : 0674883829
ISBN-13 : 9780674883826
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Thinking about the Earth by : David Roger Oldroyd

Download or read book Thinking about the Earth written by David Roger Oldroyd and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking about the Earth is a history of the geological tradition of Western science. David Oldroyd traverses such topics as "mechanical" and "historicist" views of the earth, map-work, chemical analyses of rocks and minerals, geomorphology, experimental petrology, seismology, theories of mountain building, and geochemistry.


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