Reading the rocks : how Victorian geologists discovered the secret of life /
This is a group biography of the first geologists, the people who were first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history. These first geologists were made up primarily of gentlemen with the necessary wealth to support their interests, yet also included clergymen, academics and women....
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Maddox, Brenda
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
New York :
Bloomsbury,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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