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001			ocn967094836
003			OCoLC
005			20180722225127.0
008			170403s2017 nyuaf b 001 0ceng d
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020			_a1408879603
020			_a9781408879603
020			_a1632869128
020			_a9781632869128
035			_a(OCoLC)967094836
043			_ae------ _ae-uk---
092			_a551.0922 _bM179
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMaddox, Brenda, _eauthor. _9323273
245	1	0	_aReading the rocks : _bhow Victorian geologists discovered the secret of life / _cBrenda Maddox.
250			_aFirst U.S. edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBloomsburg Publishing, _c2017.
300			_axii, 254 pages, [16] pages of plates : _billustrations (some color) ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis is a group biography of the first geologists, the people who were first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history. These first geologists were made up primarily of gentlemen with the necessary wealth to support their interests, yet also included clergymen, academics and women. The new science of geology was pursued by this assorted band because it opened a window on Earth's ancient past. They showed courage in facing the conflict between geology and Genesis as the rocks and fossils showed that the Earth was immeasurably old, rather than springing from a creation made in the six days that the Bible claimed. This book tells the individual stories of this group, their hope and fears, triumphs and disappointments, the theological, philosophical and scientific debates their findings provoked, and the way that as a group, they were to change our understanding of the world.
650		0	_aGeology _zEurope _xHistory _y19th century. _9340972
650		0	_aGeology _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y19th century. _9340973
650		0	_aGeologists _vBiography. _9340974
650		0	_aGeologists _zEurope _xHistory _y19th century. _9340975
650		0	_aGeologists _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y19th century. _9340976
650		0	_aScience _zEurope _xHistory _y19th century. _9340977
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