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Inventing the Earth: Ideas on Landscape Development Since 1740
Barbara Kennedy
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Description for Inventing the Earth: Ideas on Landscape Development Since 1740
Paperback. * Chronicles how successive generations of natural philosophers, geologists and geomorphologists have come to invent different views of the Earth over the last 250 years. * Uses as its central viewpoint changing ideas about the significance of the action of rain and rivers on the Earth's surface. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13. BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
This book chronicles how successive generations of natural philosophers, geologists and geomorphologists have come to invent the view of the Earth over the past 250 years.
This book chronicles how successive generations of natural philosophers, geologists and geomorphologists have come to invent the view of the Earth over the past 250 years.
- Chronicles how successive generations of natural philosophers, geologists and geomorphologists have come to invent different views of the Earth over the last 250 years.
- Uses as its central viewpoint changing ideas about the significance of the action of rain and rivers on the Earth’s surface.
- Shows how our contemporary “truths” have come to be accepted and exposes the frailty of even the most impeccably scientific visions of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405101882
SKU
V9781405101882
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Ref
99-50
About Barbara Kennedy
Dr Barbara Kennedy is Emeritus Fellow of St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford and former Lecturer (CUF) in the School of Geography.
Reviews for Inventing the Earth: Ideas on Landscape Development Since 1740
“Interesting, informative, and easy to read.” The Leading Edge "Barbara Kennedy chronicles evolutionary stages of generations of views of the discovery of our planet. The presentation is lucid and enjoyable. This highly readable book can be compared wih Kenneth Hsu's books on Physical Principles of Sedimentology, which was published in 1994 . . . Such ... Read more