The great Devonian controversy
Subtitle: the shaping of scientific knowledge among gentlemanly specialists
By: Martin J.S. Rudwick.
Series: Science and its conceptual foundations
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 494
Subjects: Geology, Stratigraphic -- Devonian; Science -- History; Geology -- History; Geology -- England -- Devon
Description: Acclaimed everywhere as a masterpiece in the history of science, The Great Devonian Controversy recreates a scientific debate of the 1830s and 1840s about a dating of certain puzzling rock strata and fossils. -- from back cover.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 463-483.
Includes index.