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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