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- Title Minnesota's Geologist: The Life of Newton Horace Winchell
- Author Sue Leaf
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 280
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Minnesota Press
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9781517901684 / 1517901685
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.79 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Midwest
- Library of Congress subjects Winchell, N. H, Geologists - Minnesota
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2019053486
- Dewey Decimal Code 551.092
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Hardback. New. The story of the scientist who first mapped Minnesota's geology, set against the backdrop of early scientific inquiry in the state At twenty, Newton Horace Winchell declared, "I know nothing about rocks." At twenty-five, he decided to make them his life's work. As a young geologist tasked with heading the Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey, Winchell (1839-1914) charted the prehistory of the region, its era of inland seas, its volcanic activity, and its several ice ages-laying the foundation for the monumental five-volume Geology of Minnesota. Tracing Winchell's remarkable path from impoverished fifteen-year-old schoolteacher to a leading light of an emerging scientific field, Minnesota's Geologist also recreates the heady early days of scientific inquiry in Minnesota, a time when one man's determination and passion for learning could unlock the secrets of the state's distant past and present landscape. Traveling by horse and…
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