Gabriel Gohau

Broschiertes Buch

A History of Geology

Beschreibung

Offers a short introduction to the history of geology. The book begins with the Greeks and ends with continental drift and plate tectonics. Gabriel Gohau also looks at the early theories of the formation of the world and then moves to philosophical debates over mountains, fossils, the Flood, volcanoes, and cycles of earth history.

Autor

GABRIEL GOHAU, an active member of the French Committee for the History of Geology, teaches science in St. Cloud, France. His Histoire de la gÉologie was originally published in a shorter version by Editions La Decouverte in 1987. The translators, Albert V. Carozzi and Marguerite Carozzi, are also distinguished historians of geology and the translators of many books on geology and its history. The translation has been supported by a grant from the French Ministry of Culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780813516660
• ISBN-10: 0813516668
• Artikelnr.: 21108273