Controversy in victorian geology: the cambrian-silurian dispute
Auteur :
Secord, James A.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691634746
Date de publication :
19 avr. 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
709 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Secord gives a dazzlingly detailed account of this scientific trench warfare and its social consequences. One ends up with a marvellous feeling for the major taxonomic enterprises in Darwin's younger day: mapping, ordering, conquering 'taming the chaos" of the strata. All of these of course had social and imperial ramifications; and Secord mentions