Worlds Before Adam
Subtitle: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Reform
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: June 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 800
ISBN-13: 9780226731285
Subjects: Earth Sciences - Geology; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Science / Biology; Science; 19th century; Europe; Geology; History; Science/Mathematics
Description: In this account of the reconstruction of prehuman geohistory Rudwick takes readers from the post-Napoleonic Restoration in Europe to the early years of Britain's Victorian age chronicling the staggering discoveries made during the period and the efforts made to fit them into an understanding of the world.