{"product_id":"life-of-sir-roderick-i-murchison-based-on-his-journals-and-letters-paperback-9781108072342","title":"Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison; Based on his Journals and Letters (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108072342","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLife of Sir Roderick I. Murchison\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBased on his Journals and Letters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA detailed biography of the influential Scottish geographer Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792–1871).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eArchibald Geikie (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108072342, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e428 pages, 30 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.54 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\"\u003eSir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792–1871) was an influential Scottish geologist best known for his classification of Palaeozoic rocks into the Silurian system. After early military experience in the Peninsular War, he resigned his commission; a chance meeting with Sir Humphrey Davy led him subsequently to pursue a scientific career. The Silurian System, published in 1839, was a highly influential study, which established the oldest contemporary classification of fossil-bearing strata. Murchison was appointed President of the Royal Geographical Society in 1843. These volumes, first published in 1875, use information taken from Murchison's private journals and correspondence. Archibald Geikie (1835–1924) provides a detailed account of his mentor's life and work in the context of geology as a developing science in the early nineteenth century, and provides a fascinating insight into the life and work of this eminent Victorian geologist. Volume 1 describes Murchison's early life and geological studies until 1842.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Ancestry. School-days\u003cbr\u003e 2. First years of a soldier's life\u003cbr\u003e 3. Six months of the Peninsular War\u003cbr\u003e 4. Military life at home\u003cbr\u003e 5. Italy and art\u003cbr\u003e 6. Five years of fox-hunting\u003cbr\u003e 7. Rise of geology in Britain\u003cbr\u003e 8. First years of scientific life at home\u003cbr\u003e 9. First geological raids into the continent\u003cbr\u003e 10. The invasion of Grauwacke\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Geological Society, and social life in London\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Silurian system\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Devonian system\u003cbr\u003e 14. A geological tour in northern Russia\u003cbr\u003e 15. Central and southern Russia, and the Ural Mountains\u003cbr\u003e 16. The chair of the Geological Society.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45999590834456,"sku":"9781108072342","price":35.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108072342i.jpg?v=1696748928","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/life-of-sir-roderick-i-murchison-based-on-his-journals-and-letters-paperback-9781108072342","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}