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- catalog abstract "In the years between 1665 and 1750, geology was a new kind of science, combining physical law with historical process. Rhoda Rappaport explains its novelty and provides a transnational account of the development of geological thinking. She begins with the establishment of formal institutions of international exchange, including the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London and the Journal des savants in Paris, and shows how new media fostered increasing communication among scientists, particularly in England, France, and Italy. Buffon argued forcefully that geology should be wholly a physical science and that historical texts were irrelevant to the reconstruction of physical processes. Rappaport explains how his contemporaries responded to this novel proposal and how Buffon heralded the end of an era.".
- catalog contributor b10432731.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "In the years between 1665 and 1750, geology was a new kind of science, combining physical law with historical process. Rhoda Rappaport explains its novelty and provides a transnational account of the development of geological thinking. She begins with the establishment of formal institutions of international exchange, including the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London and the Journal des savants in Paris, and shows how new media fostered increasing communication among scientists, particularly in England, France, and Italy. Buffon argued forcefully that geology should be wholly a physical science and that historical texts were irrelevant to the reconstruction of physical processes. Rappaport explains how his contemporaries responded to this novel proposal and how Buffon heralded the end of an era.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-301) and index.".
- catalog description "The Republic of Letters -- Certainty and Probability -- Natural and Civil History -- Fossil Questions -- Diluvialism, For and Against -- Alternatives to Diluvialism: Some Ingredients -- Alternatives to Diluvialism: Some Syntheses -- Buffon and the Rejection of History.".
- catalog extent "x, 308 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "080143386X (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Europe".
- catalog subject "551/.094/09032 21".
- catalog subject "Communication in geology.".
- catalog subject "Geology Europe History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Geology Europe History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "QE13.E85 R36 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Republic of Letters -- Certainty and Probability -- Natural and Civil History -- Fossil Questions -- Diluvialism, For and Against -- Alternatives to Diluvialism: Some Ingredients -- Alternatives to Diluvialism: Some Syntheses -- Buffon and the Rejection of History.".
- catalog title "When geologists were historians, 1665-1750 / Rhoda Rappaport.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".