The Man Who Found Time
The Man Who Found Time

Author: Jack Repcheck

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-02

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1458766624

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There are four men whose life's work helped free science from the straitjacket of religion. Three of the four - Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, and Charles Darwin - are widely heralded for their breakthroughs. The fourth, James Hutton, is comparatively unknown. A Scottish gentleman farmer, Hutton's observations on his small tract of land led him to a theory that directly contradicted biblical claims that the Earth was only 6,000 years old. Telling the story not only of Hutton, but of the rich intellectual milieu of the Scottish Enlightenment, which brought together some of the greatest thinkers of the age - from David Hume and Adam Smith to James Watt and Erasmus Darwin - The Man Who Found Time is an enlightening, engaging narrative about a little-known man and the science he established.

Ages in Chaos
Ages in Chaos

Author: Stephen Baxter

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2004-11

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780765312389

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In the lusty and turbulent world of Enlightenment Scotland, he set out to prove it.".

James Hutton and the History of Geology
James Hutton and the History of Geology

Author: Dennis Dean

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2019-06-07

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1501733990

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In James Hutton and the History of Geology, Dennis R. Dean provides a more accurate and complete account of Hutton's major geological writings than any that has hitherto appeared. He examines the growth and development of Hutton's thought in the light of his training and experience in medicine, agriculture, and philosophy, locating him within the intellectual milieux of Edinburgh at the height of the Scottish Enlightenment.

Earth
Earth

Author: Edmond A. Mathez

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 9781565845954

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A collection of essays and articles provides a study of how the planet works, discussing Earth's structure, geographical features, geologic history, and evolution.

Thinking about the Earth
Thinking about the Earth

Author: David Roger Oldroyd

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 9780674883826

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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.