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Controversy in Victorian Geology: The Cambrian-Silurian Dispute - Princeton Legacy Library James A. Secord
Controversy in Victorian Geology: The Cambrian-Silurian Dispute - Princeton Legacy Library
James A. Secord
Secord gives a dazzlingly detailed account of this scientific trench warfare and its social consequences. One ends up with a marvellous feeling for the major taxonomic enterprises in Darwin's younger day: mapping, ordering, conquering 'taming the chaos" of the strata. All of these of course had social and imperial ramifications; and Secord mentions
386 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 19, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691634746 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 386 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 22 mm · 709 g |
| Language | English |