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The great Devonian controversy

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The great Devonian controversy
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~8h 14min
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History
Geology
Science
Stratigraphic Geology
New York Times Reviewed
Published 1985 University of Chicago Press 4 views
ISBN
0226731014
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Martin J. S. Rudwick

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In the early nineteenth century, geology was a new, exciting, and fashionable science.1...

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Acclaimed everywhere as a masterpiece in the history of science, The Great Devonian Controversy recreates a scientific debate of the 1830s and 1840s about a dating of certain puzzling rock strata and fossils. -- from back cover.

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