Ages in chaos : James Hutton and the discovery of deep time /
"In the eighteenth century, the received wisdom following Bishop Ussher's careful biblical calculations was that the Earth was just six thousand years old. James Hutton, a gentleman farmer with a passion for rocks, knew that could not be the case. Looking at the formation of irregular stra...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Forge,
2004
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| Edition: | 1st Forge ed |
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