{"product_id":"history-of-earth-sciences-hardback-9781789452310","title":"History of Earth Sciences (Hardback) 9781789452310","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHistory of Earth Sciences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePierre Savaton (Edited by), P Savaton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781789452310, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 June 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2.1 cm, 0.588 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe creation of the Comité français d’histoire de la géologie (COFRHIGEO) in 1976 aimed to convene geologists, philosophers and historians interested in contributing to a written history of geology, which was at that time still in its infancy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFifty years later, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Earth Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e seeks both to present the research that has illuminated the evolution of ideas about the Earth - from Antiquity to the very beginning of the twentieth century - and to offer students, as well as anyone interested in the development of the Earth sciences, a general, focused and precise text designed as both an introduction and an invitation to pursue the study of this history. In this book, the history concludes with Alfred Wegener’s mobilist theory.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresentation of Field \"History of Science\". xi\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean-Claude DUPONT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xiii\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePierre SAVATON\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. What Earth Sciences Existed in Greco-Roman Antiquity? 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrédéric LE BLAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1. Defining the field: Aristotelian meteorology 2\u003cbr\u003e1.2. The movements of the Earth 6\u003cbr\u003e1.3. Probing the bowels of the Earth: networks and cavities 14\u003cbr\u003e1.4. The subterranean fire hypothesis 18\u003cbr\u003e1.5. The Earth and its materials 21\u003cbr\u003e1.6. Toward a history of the Earth: floods and variations in sea level 26\u003cbr\u003e1.7. Conclusion 31\u003cbr\u003e1.8. References 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. Studying and Knowing the Earth in the Middle Ages 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoëlle DUCOS and Fleur VIGNERON\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1. The Earth and stones: knowledge scattered across multiple fields 37\u003cbr\u003e2.2. Sources and authors of the medieval west 42\u003cbr\u003e2.3. Medieval debates on the Earth 49\u003cbr\u003e2.4. Conclusion 63\u003cbr\u003e2.5. References 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. Geology from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaston GODARD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1. The origin of fossils and stones 74\u003cbr\u003e3.2. From an immutable Earth to a dynamic Earth 92\u003cbr\u003e3.3. Conclusion 100\u003cbr\u003e3.4. References 101Contents vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. Crystallography: 17th–19th Centuries 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernard MAITTE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1. The first studies 109\u003cbr\u003e4.2. 17th century: the intervention of physicists; Huygens contradicted by Newton 113\u003cbr\u003e4.3. 18th century: from the crystals of the natural sciences to mathematics 116\u003cbr\u003e4.4. René-Just Haüy's study 124\u003cbr\u003e4.5. The early 19th century: the roles of physicists and philosophies of nature 135\u003cbr\u003e4.6. Space groups and Curie's principle 144\u003cbr\u003e4.7. Mineralogy at the end of the century and its development prospects 148\u003cbr\u003e4.8. References 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. Geology and Visual Discourse: The Birth of the Geological Map 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePierre SAVATON\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1. Statistics and inventories plotted on maps 159\u003cbr\u003e5.2. Physical geography 166\u003cbr\u003e5.3. Geognosy and geognostic maps 168\u003cbr\u003e5.4. Geological maps 176\u003cbr\u003e5.5. From map to map: geological cartography in 19th-century France 183\u003cbr\u003e5.6. Conclusion 186\u003cbr\u003e5.7. References 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6. Birth and Development of Stratigraphy 191\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilippe GRANDCHAMP\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1. The birth certificate of stratigraphy 191\u003cbr\u003e6.2. The impasse of Wernerian lithostratigraphy 193\u003cbr\u003e6.3. The emergence of paleontological stratigraphy 195\u003cbr\u003e6.4. An alternative path: purely geometric stratigraphy 205\u003cbr\u003e6.5. The invention of a key concept: the stratigraphic stage 211\u003cbr\u003e6.6. Toward the international stratigraphic scale 214\u003cbr\u003e6.7. Conclusion 218\u003cbr\u003e6.8. References 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7. History of Mobilist Ideas: Wegener's Model 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilippe Le VIGOUROUX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1. The Earth globe: a fixist conception under tension 228\u003cbr\u003e7.2. The invention of mobilism 238\u003cbr\u003e7.3. The reception of Wegener's theory 263\u003cbr\u003e7.4. Conclusion 270\u003cbr\u003e7.5. 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