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Sciences of the Earth: Studies in the History of Mineralogy and Geology
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Sciences of the Earth: Studies in the History of Mineralogy and Geology Hardcover - 1998

by David Oldroyd


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Sciences of the Earth first presents a connected series of papers on the history of mineralogy in relation to chemistry, from the Renaissance to the beginning of the 19th century. It considers some of the important philosophical ideas that underpinned early thinking about minerals and earths, and also the practicalities of mineral analysis. Other papers in the volume examine the influence of historicist thinking in the emergence of historical geology; the application of Michel Foucault's ideas to the mineral kingdom; the geological ideas of Robert Hooke, with reference to his views on scientific method; the 'problem' of Whig history of science, considering as example Archibald Geikie's work as historian of geology; and the application of 'grid/group' theory to early 19th-century English geology. To open, there is a paper dealing with a Roman theory of volcanic activity, little known to historians of science.

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  • Title Sciences of the Earth: Studies in the History of Mineralogy and Geology
  • Author David Oldroyd
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 356
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 1998
  • ISBN 9780860787709 / 0860787702
  • Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98027217
  • Dewey Decimal Code 549.09
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