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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Maddox, Brenda.     Subjects     Geology -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.     Geology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.     Geologists -- Biography.     Geologists -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.     Geologists -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.     Science -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Maddox, Brenda.       by title:      Reading the rocks : ...       by call number:      551.0922 M179r     Search the Web     Maddox, Brenda.     Geology -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.     Geology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.     Geologists -- Biography.     Geologists -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.     Geologists -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.     Science -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.       MARC Display

Reading the rocks : how Victorian geologists discovered the secret of life / Brenda Maddox. by Maddox, Brenda. Bloomsbury, 2017. Call #: 551.0922 M179r Subjects Geology -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.   Geology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.   Geologists -- Biography.   Geologists -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.   Geologists -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.   Science -- Europe -- History -- 19th century. ISBN:  9781632869128 (hc.) Edition:  1st U.S. ed. Description:  xii, 254 p. : ill. (some color), portraits ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  The abyss of time -- Healthful exertion -- Down the mines -- Vestiges of paternity -- Fighting fellows -- Dating the deluge -- On the beach -- Dinosaur wars -- Celibacy galore -- From Siluria to the Moon -- Alps of Alps arise -- Darwin the geologist -- The iceman cometh -- Footprints in Pennsylvania -- At last, the big question -- Origin of Origin -- The whole orang -- Museum pieces -- Then and now. Summary:  "This is a group biography of the first geologists, the people who were first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history. These first geologists were made up primarily of gentlemen with the necessary wealth to support their interests, yet also included clergymen, academics and women. The new science of geology was pursued by this assorted band because it opened a window on Earth's ancient past. They showed courage in facing the conflict between geology and Genesis as the rocks and fossils showed that the Earth was immeasurably old, rather than springing from a creation made in the six days that the Bible claimed. This book tells the individual stories of this group, their hope and fears, triumphs and disappointments, the theological, philosophical and scientific debates their findings provoked, and the way that as a group, they were to change our understanding of the world."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Home Delivery - HN Adult Nonfiction 551.0922 M179r Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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