Time matters : geology's legacy to scientific thought

Summary: "Time Matters provides an insight into the background behind some of the key concepts we use in Earth science today. It shows the historical context in which these ideas were developed, the important contributions of individual scientists and thinkers, and how these ideas continue to shape our view of science and the world in which we live." --back cover

Record details

ISBN: 9781405199087 (cloth)
ISBN: 1405199083 (cloth)
ISBN: 9781405199094 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1405199091 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xviii, 269 p. : ill., maps. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-260) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Geological time -- 2. Dating rocks -- 3. The origins of the geological time scale -- 4. Plutonism versus Neptunism -- 5. Uniformitarianism versus Catastrophism -- 6. Evolution -- 7. Evolution versus Creationism -- 8. Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics -- 9. What have we learnt?