| Titre : |
Philosophy of geohistory, 1785-1970 |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Claude Carrol Albritton, Editeur scientifique |
| Editeur : |
Stroudsburg (Pennsylvanie - États-Unis) : Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross |
| Année de publication : |
[1974] |
| Collection : |
Benchmark papers in geology num. v. 13 |
| Importance : |
p. cm |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-471-02052-3 |
| Note générale : |
Bibliogr. en fin des chapitres |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
Sciences de la terre -- Histoire -- Discours, essais, conférences
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| Index. décimale : |
550.9 |
| Résumé : |
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| Note de contenu : |
Toulmin, S. E. The discovery of time.--Hutton, J. The system of the earth, its duration, and stability.--Playfair, J. Excerpts from Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth.--Lyell, C. Prejudices which have retarded the progress of geology.--Whewell, W. The two antagonist doctrines of geology.--Chamberlin, T. C. The method of multiple working hypotheses.--Gilbert, G. K. The origin of hypotheses, illustrated by the discussion of a topographic problem.--Davis, W. M. The value of outrageous geological hypotheses.--Johnson, D. W. Role of analysis in scientific investigation.--Mackin, J. H. Rational and empirical methods of investigation in geology.--Anderson, C. A. Simplicity in structural geology.--Hubbert, M. K. Critique of the principle of uniformity.--Simpson, G. G. Uniformitarianism.--Hooykaas, R. Catastrophism in geology, its scientific character in relation to actualism and uniformitarianism.--Kitts, D. B. Geologic time |
Philosophy of geohistory, 1785-1970 [texte imprimé] / Claude Carrol Albritton, Editeur scientifique . - Stroudsburg (Pennsylvanie - États-Unis) : Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, [1974] . - p. cm. - ( Benchmark papers in geology; v. 13) . ISBN : 978-0-471-02052-3 Bibliogr. en fin des chapitres Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
Sciences de la terre -- Histoire -- Discours, essais, conférences
|
| Index. décimale : |
550.9 |
| Résumé : |
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| Note de contenu : |
Toulmin, S. E. The discovery of time.--Hutton, J. The system of the earth, its duration, and stability.--Playfair, J. Excerpts from Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth.--Lyell, C. Prejudices which have retarded the progress of geology.--Whewell, W. The two antagonist doctrines of geology.--Chamberlin, T. C. The method of multiple working hypotheses.--Gilbert, G. K. The origin of hypotheses, illustrated by the discussion of a topographic problem.--Davis, W. M. The value of outrageous geological hypotheses.--Johnson, D. W. Role of analysis in scientific investigation.--Mackin, J. H. Rational and empirical methods of investigation in geology.--Anderson, C. A. Simplicity in structural geology.--Hubbert, M. K. Critique of the principle of uniformity.--Simpson, G. G. Uniformitarianism.--Hooykaas, R. Catastrophism in geology, its scientific character in relation to actualism and uniformitarianism.--Kitts, D. B. Geologic time |
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