James Hutton and the History of Geology

by Dennis R. Dean

Though the publication of Hutton's Theory of the Earth (1795) is usually regarded as the beginning of modern geology, it and other works by Hutton have rarely been studied in the original. Dean provides an accurate account of Hutton's major geological writings, in the light of his training and exper

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801426669
• ISBN13: 9780801426667
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 303 Pages