Charles Darwin, Geologist Herbert Hardback John Wiley & Sons 9780801443480

Charles Darwin, GeologistAuthor(s): Sandra Herbert\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University Press\nISBN-13: 9780801443480, 978-0801443480\nSynopsis\n\""Pleasure of imagination.... I a geologist have illdefined notion of land covered with ocean, former animals, slow force cracking surface truly poetical.\""from Charles Darwin's Notebook M, 1838\n\n The early nineteenth century was a golden age for the study of geology. New discoveries in the field were greeted with the same enthusiasm reserved today for advances in the biomedical sciences. In her long-awaited account of Charles Darwin's intellectual development, Sandra Herbert focuses on his geological training, research, and thought, asking both how geology influenced Darwin and how Darwin influenced the science. Elegantly written, extensively illustrated, and informed by the author's prodigious research in Darwin's papers and in the nineteenth-century history of earth sciences.