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Restless Genius: Robert Hooke and His Earthly Thoughts
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 550.92
EAN: 9780195066951
ISBN: 0195066952
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: July 11, 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
Editorial Review:
Robert Hooke's hypotheses concerning the origin of terrestrial features were of major importance to the development of geology. This book interprets Hooke's Lectures and Discourses of Earthquakes, and Subterraneous Eruptions (1667-1694). The volume consists of the original text of the Discourses transposed into modern type and paired with explanatory annotations; a brief up-to-date biography of Hooke, with emphasis on his geological contributions; and a comparison of selected passages from James Hutton, to show the transmission of ideas and Hooke's influence on later geologists. It will attract Earth scientists and science historians, along with general readers interested in the history of geology.
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