A Geological Miscellany
A Geological Miscellany

Author: G. Y. Craig

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1400857910

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A Geological Miscellany is an entertainment: a book of anecdotes, epigrams, documents, and cartoons, all illustrating (although not all intentionally) the humorous side of the profession. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

A Brief History of Geology
A Brief History of Geology

Author: Kieran D. O'Hara

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-04-19

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1107176182

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Approximately 200 years of the history of the development of the study of geology.

A Chaos of Delight
A Chaos of Delight

Author: Geoffrey Dobson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-06-16

Total Pages: 489

ISBN-13: 1315478722

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Humans throughout history have sought ways of understanding their place within the world. Religion, science and myth have been at the forefront of this quest for meaning. A Chaos of Delight examines how various cultures – from the early Sumerians, Egyptians and Greeks to contemporary Western society – have looked at the same phenomena and devised totally different world views. The rise of modern science is examined, alongside questions of evolution and the origins of life. This comprehensive volume is an essential read for students and scholars interested in the history of ideas and the role of religion, science and myth in the development of Western thought.

The Bible Bathroom Book
The Bible Bathroom Book

Author: Mark Littleton

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2008-04

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1416543597

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"A collection of information, trivia, definitions, quotes, and lists about the Bible in a format for quick, easy reading"--Provided by publisher.

Language and Earth
Language and Earth

Author: Bernd Naumann

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1992-04-09

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 9027277249

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In former times, the study of language was rarely pursued in isolation, and many of the other intellectual concerns that used to be intertwined with language study have long been on the record of historians of linguistics. The present volume is the first to probe into an association of linguistics that has so far been neglected: that with the study of the earth. The relations between linguistics and geology were intimate and manifold as both sciences were emerging in the 18th and 19th century. Highlighted in the contributions to this volume are biographical and institutional contacts, the joint interest in origins and very early developments and in the proper methods of acquiring knowledge about these, common structural and evolutionary concepts, and analogous problems in the classification of domains as fuzzy as languages and rocks.