TY - BOOK AU - Bowler,Peter J. TI - The Norton history of the environmental sciences T2 - Norton history of science SN - 0393035352 : AV - GE50 .B68 1993 PY - 1993/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton KW - Environmental sciences KW - History KW - Milieukunde KW - gtt KW - Sciences de l'environnement KW - Histoire N1 - 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 N2 - Chronicles humanities quest to understand its own origins, synthesizing discoveries in geography, geology, and evolutionary biology ER -