The Norton history of the environmental sciences / Peter J. Bowler.
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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.)
- Fontana history of the environmental sciences
- GE50 .B68 1993
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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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