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History of geology books: looking for recommendations
Paolo Amoroso
post Aug 26 2007, 07:47 PM
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Can you recommend any good history of geology books in English? My ideal book covers all major research areas across all the history of this discipline. And it is mostly self-contained, in the sense that it does not refer too much to other sources for related topics but provides some basic coverage.

Some time ago I posted a similar query to a mailing list, and asked some friends of mine who are geology students for advice. But no such thing apparently exists: some texts only cover US geology, others only certain research fields, etc.

Being familiar with astronomy, I find this a bit surprising. Typical histories of astronomy cover all major research areas (celestial mechanics, planetology, astrophysics, cosmology, etc.) from the beginnings of civilization to current times.


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- Paolo Amoroso   History of geology books: looking for recommendations   Aug 26 2007, 07:47 PM
- - tty   You might try Gabriel Gohau: History of Geology (1...   Aug 26 2007, 09:43 PM
- - gpurcell   http://gsahist.org/ Might be a place to start. G...   Aug 26 2007, 10:06 PM
- - PhilCo126   Geology of the planets: The Geology of Mars by Tho...   Sep 19 2007, 08:36 AM
- - J.J.   I might suggest Palmer's Earth Time, which is ...   Dec 30 2007, 03:58 PM

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