Thinking about the earth: a history of ideas in geology

Abstract

Illustrations Acknowledgments Glossary Introduction 1. A Mythical and Living World: Ideas about the Earth in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance 2. Mechanical Theories of the Earth and Physico-Theology 3. The Beginnings of Geological Science: Detachment from Cosmogony and Mineralogy 4. Thoughts on Heat, Fire and Water 5. The Earth Surveyed and Geological Mapped: the Territorial Imperative 6. Geological Time and the Tempo of Geological Change 7. Thoughts about Climate. Glaciation and Carving the Earth's Surface 8. The Making of Mountains and the Pulse of the Earth 9. Thinking about Rocks and their Formation: Magma, Migma and All That Stuff 10. Thinking with Instruments: Earthquakes, Early Seismology and the Earth's Hidden Interior 11. Movement of Poles and Continents, or Getting Bigger? 12. Some Grander Ways of Thinking 13. Some Concluding Thoughts Suggestions for Further Reading Notes Bibliography Index

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