Archibald Geikie

A Long Life's Work

An Autobiography

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The final work (1924) of this influential geologist traces his career in the readable style for which he was famous.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9781108048392
• ISBN-10: 1108048390
• Artikelnr.: 35456168

Inhaltsangabe

1. 1835-50. Boyhood and school-life
2. 1850-5. A wrong start. How things were righted
3. 1855-60. First years in the Geological Survey
4. 1860-7. Lecturing at the School of Mines. First journeys abroad. Directorate of Geological Survey of Scotland
5. 1867-71. Start of the Geological Survey of Scotland
6. 1871-82. Creation of a Chair of Geology in the University of Edinburgh
7. 1882-91. First years of the Director-Generalship of the Geological Survey
8. 1892-6. Miscellaneous duties of the Director-General
9. 1897. The 'wanderjahr' of a geologist
10. 1898-1903. Last years in the Geological Survey
11. 1903-8. Secretaryship of the Royal Society
12. 1908-13. President of the Royal Society
13. Retirement in the country
Appendix
Index.