The Norton history of the environmental sciences / Peter J. Bowler.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Norton history of sciencePublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, 1993.Edition: 1st American edDescription: xvii, 634 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0393035352 :
  • 9780393035353
  • 0393310426 (pbk.)
  • 9780393310429 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Fontana history of the environmental sciences
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GE50 .B68 1993
Partial contents:
The problem of perception -- The ancient and medieval worlds -- Renaissance and revolution -- Theories of the earth -- Nature and the enlightenment -- The Heroic Age -- The philosophical naturalists -- The age of evolution -- The earth sciences -- Darwinism triumphant -- Ecology and environmentalism.
Summary: Chronicles humanities quest to understand its own origins, synthesizing discoveries in geography, geology, and evolutionary biology.
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Originally published in England under the title: The Fontana history of the environmental sciences, c1992.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [554]-606) and index.

The problem of perception -- The ancient and medieval worlds -- Renaissance and revolution -- Theories of the earth -- Nature and the enlightenment -- The Heroic Age -- The philosophical naturalists -- The age of evolution -- The earth sciences -- Darwinism triumphant -- Ecology and environmentalism.

Chronicles humanities quest to understand its own origins, synthesizing discoveries in geography, geology, and evolutionary biology.

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