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Bursting the Limits of Time (Paperback, New edition) Loot Price: R1,165
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Bursting the Limits of Time (Paperback, New edition): Martin J.S. Rudwick

Bursting the Limits of Time (Paperback, New edition)

Martin J.S. Rudwick

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During a revolution of discovery in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, geologists reconstructed the immensely long history of the earth--and the relatively recent arrival of human life. "Bursting the Limits of Time" is a herculean effort by one of the world's foremost experts on the history of geology and paleontology to illuminate this scientific breakthrough that radically altered existing perceptions of a human's place in the universe as much as the theories of Copernicus and Darwin did.
Rudwick examines here the ideas and practices of earth scientists throughout the Western world to show how the story of what we now call "deep time" was pieced together. He explores who was responsible for the discovery of the earth's history, refutes the concept of a rift between science and religion in dating the earth, and details how the study of the history of the earth helped define a new branch of science called geology.
"Bursting the Limits of Time "is the first detailed account of this monumental phase in the history of science.
""Bursting the Limits of Time" is a massive work and is quite simply a masterpiece of science history. . . . The book should be obligatory for every geology and history of science library, and is a highly recommended companion for every civilized geologist who can carry an extra 2.4 kg in his rucksack."--Stephen Moorbath, "Nature"

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Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2007
First published: April 2007
Authors: Martin J.S. Rudwick
Dimensions: 256 x 178 x 49mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 732
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-73113-1
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > General
LSN: 0-226-73113-8
Barcode: 9780226731131

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