When geologists were historians, 1665-1750
by Rhoda Rappaport
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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.
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Geology, History, Communication in geology, Geologists, Geology, historyPlaces
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When geologists were historians, 1665-1750
1997, Cornell University Press
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080143386X 9780801433863
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-301) and index.
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