Celebrating 100 Years of Female Fellowship of the Geological Society: Discovering Forgotten Histories
Celebrating 100 Years of Female Fellowship of the Geological Society: Discovering Forgotten Histories

Author: C.V. Burek

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2021-03-18

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1786204967

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The Geological Society of London was founded in 1807. At the time, membership was restricted to men, many of whom became well-known names in the history of the geological sciences. On the 21 May 1919, the first female Fellows were elected to the Society, 112 years after its formation. This Special Publication celebrates the centenary of that important event. In doing so it presents the often untold stories of pioneering women geoscientists from across the world who navigated male-dominated academia and learned societies, experienced the harsh realities of Siberian field-exploration, or responded to the strategic necessity of the ‘petroleum girls’ in early American oil exploration and production. It uncovers important female role models in the history of science, and investigates why not all of these women received due recognition from their contemporaries and peers. The work has identified a number of common issues that sometimes led to original work and personal achievements being lost or unacknowledged, and as a consequence, to histories being unwritten.

Arthur Smith Woodward:
Arthur Smith Woodward:

Author: Z. Johanson

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2016-02-26

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1862397414

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Arthur Smith Woodward was the Natural History Museum’s longest-serving Keeper of Geology and the world’s leading expert on fossil fish. He was also an unwitting victim of the Piltdown fraud, which overshadowed his important scientific contributions. The aim of this book is to honour Smith Woodward’s contributions to vertebrate palaeontology, discuss their relevance today and provide insights into the factors that made him such an eminent scientist. The last few years have seen a resurgence in fossil vertebrate (particularly fish) palaeontology, including new techniques for the ‘virtual’ study of fossils (synchrotron and micro CT-scanning) and new research foci, such as ‘Evo-Devo’ – combining fossils with the development of living animals. This new research is built on a strong foundation, like that provided by Smith Woodward’s work. This collection of papers, authored by some of the leading experts in their fields, covers the many facets of Smith Woodward’s life, legacy and career. It will be a benchmark for studies on one of the leading vertebrate palaeontologists of his generation.

The Life of Frank Coles Phillips (1902-1982) and the Structural Geology of the Moine Petrofabric Controversy
The Life of Frank Coles Phillips (1902-1982) and the Structural Geology of the Moine Petrofabric Controversy

Author: Richard John Howarth

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9781862391024

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Frank Coles Phillips was a photographer, mineralogist and structural petrologist and was very influential, both in the UK and abroad. He was responsible for encouraging the development of structural geology as a discipline in Australia and for the adoption of the stereogram as a fundamental interpretational tool in structural geology in the UK. Phillips was the first to apply the methods of structural petrology to unravel the complex structural history of the Moine rocks of northwestern Scotland, with controversial results.

The Life and Work of Professor J.W. Gregory FRS (1864-1932), Geologist, Writer and Explorer
The Life and Work of Professor J.W. Gregory FRS (1864-1932), Geologist, Writer and Explorer

Author: Bernard E. Leake

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781862393233

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Gregory's remarkable career and his scientific work are detailed and critically assessed. Accounts of his heroic 1893 expedition to the Rift Valley (a term he coined) in Kenya (now the Gregory Rift), his first crossing of Spitzbergen, and his resignation as Leader of the first British Antarctic Expedition of 1901, when racing to the Pole under Scott became the priority, draw on unpublished letters. While in Melbourne he published on mining geology and a series of geography textbooks. His 1901 Lake Eyre expedition in Central Australia initiated the phrase 'The Dead Heart of Australia' and controversy over the source of artesian water. In the Chair of Geology in Glasgow from 1904, he built up the largest first-year geology class in the UK, over 400 students. He worked in every field of geology and every continent except Antarctica. He was also involved with the search for a 'homeland' for the Jews in Libya and Angola. He shrewdly realized that Wegener's Continental Drift Theory erroneously supposed that the Pacific Ocean was wider than now before the Atlantic opened. This led to his influential rejection of Continental Drift. He drowned in Peru traversing the Andes having published over 30 books and nearly 400 articles.

In Sight of the Suture
In Sight of the Suture

Author: N. H. Woodcock

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9781862390461

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"In Sight of the Suture is the first overview of the pre-Carboniferous geology of the Isle of Man since the 1960s. It will be of prime interest to research workers in the geology of the Caledonian/Appalachian orogenic belt, to sedimentologists interested in deep marine processes and to petroleum geologists focusing on exploration in the Irish Sea."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.