It's impossible to overstate the significance of this classic of scientific literature. A necessary companion to Darwin's The Origin of Species, it springs from the ingenious mind of one of his closest friends, geologist Charles Lyell, whose theories were a critical influence on Darwin's landmark work. First published in 1863, this exploration of the implications of Darwin's "natural selection" for humans remains one of the clearest, most concise explanations of a foundational branch of modern biology. Eminently insightful, the books sings with a scientific poeticism -- chapter sections have such titles as: . "Works of Art in Danish Peat-Mosses" . "Curiosity awakened by the systematic Exploration of the Brixham Cave" . "Two Species of Elephant and Hippopotamus coexisting with Man in France" . "Extinct Mammalia in the Valley of the Oise" Readers in the sciences are sure to find this essential book a highly engaging one as well. Scottish geologist and natural philosopher SIR CHARLES LYELL (1797-1875) was one of the foremost popularizers of science of his time, and the fundamental scientific concepts he developed continue to shape geology and evolutionary biology today. He also wrote the multivolume Principles of Geology: An Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface by Reference to Causes Now in Operation. Craters on Mars and the Moon are named in his honor.
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Scottish geologist and natural philosopher SIR CHARLES LYELL (1797-1875) was one of the foremost popularizers of science of his time, and the fundamental scientific concepts he developed continue to shape geology and evolutionary biology today. He also wrote the multivolume Principles of Geology: An Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface by Reference to Causes Now in Operation. Craters on Mars and the Moon are named in his honor.
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No subject has lately excited more curiosity and general interest among geologists and the public than the question of the Antiquity of the Human Race-whether or no we have sufficient evidence in caves, or in the superficial deposits commonly called drift or " diluvium," to prove the former co-existence of man with certain extinct mammalia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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No subject has lately excited more curiosity and general interest among geologists and the public than the question of the Antiquity of the Human Race-whether or no we have sufficient evidence in caves, or in the superficial deposits commonly called drift or " diluvium," to prove the former co-existence of man with certain extinct mammalia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fossil memorials, tichorhine rhinoceros, containing flint implements, extinct glaciers, extinct mammalia, ancient alluvium, glacial furrows, containing marine shells, continental period, other mammalia, auditory foramen, posterior cornu, fossil quadrupeds, flint hatchets, extinct quadrupeds, freshwater shells, fluviatile shells, stone period, lower gravels, annexed section, erratic blocks, fossil mammalia, stratified drift, northern drift, older alluvium Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Professor Owen, Glen Roy, Principles of Geology, Norwich Crag, Professor Huxley, Boucher de Perthes, Natural History Review, Professor Heer, Professor Ramsay, South America, Upper Miocene, Professor Schaaffhausen, United States, Flora of Australia, Great Britain, Central France, Coralline Crag, Edward Forbes, Philosophical Transactions, Professor Agassiz, Royal Society, Baffin's Bay, Glen Spean, Gray's Thurrock New!
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