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Modern Methods of Geochemical Analysis
Richard E. . Ed(S): Wainerdi
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Paperback. Editor(s): Wainerdi, Richard E. Series: Monographs in Geoscience. Num Pages: 416 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 606.
The founders of geology at the beginning of the last century were suspicious oflaboratories. Hutton's well-known dictum illustrates the point: "There are also superficial reasoning men . . . they judge of the great oper ations of the mineral kingdom from having kindled a fire, and looked into the bottom of a little crucible. " The idea was not unreasonable; the earth is so large and its changes are so slow and so complicated that labo ratory tests and experiments were of little help. The earth had to be studied in its own terms and geology grew up as a ... Read more
The founders of geology at the beginning of the last century were suspicious oflaboratories. Hutton's well-known dictum illustrates the point: "There are also superficial reasoning men . . . they judge of the great oper ations of the mineral kingdom from having kindled a fire, and looked into the bottom of a little crucible. " The idea was not unreasonable; the earth is so large and its changes are so slow and so complicated that labo ratory tests and experiments were of little help. The earth had to be studied in its own terms and geology grew up as a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Series
Monographs in Geoscience
Number of Pages
398
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468418323
SKU
V9781468418323
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