Rock, Bone, and Ruin: An Optimist's Guide to the Historical Sciences

by Adrian Currie

Book Overview

An argument that we should be optimistic about the capacity of "methodologically omnivorous" geologists, paleontologists, and archaeologists to uncover truths about the deep past.

The "historical sciences"--geology, paleontology, and archaeology--have made extraordinary progress in advancing our understanding of the deep past. How has this been possible, given that the evidence they have to work with offers mere traces of the past? In Rock,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262037262
• ISBN13: 9780262037266
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher