Nathaniel Southgate Shaler and the Culture of American Science

by David N. Livingstone

Nathaniel Southgate Shaler and the Culture of American Science is the first book-length study of the man who served as Harvard's Professor of Geology and Paleontology during the Darwinian era. Shaler was a student of Louis Agassiz and went on to a successful, multifaceted career as a geologist, geographer, educator, humanist, and poet. Livingstone employs a thematic approach to chart Shaler's career against the broader intellectual currents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817303057
• ISBN13: 9780817303051
• Release Date: June 1987
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"