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003			OCoLC
005			20200729150232.0
008			050729s2006 nyum j b a001 0ceng
020			_a9780816054640
020			_a0816054649
035			_a(OCoLC)61200699
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dYDX _dBAKER _dYDXCP _dBTCTA _dUUC _dBGU
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aQE 21 _b.C897 2006
100	1		_aCullen, Katherine E. _94662
245	1	0	_aEarth science : _bthe people behind the science _cKatherine Cullen,
260			_aNew York, NY : _bChelsea House Publishers, _c2006.
264			_aNew York, NY : _bChelsea House Publishers, _c2006.
265			_aGBS
300			_axxii, 170 pages : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
490			_aPioneers in science.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	2		_aGeorgius Agricola (1494-1555): Forefather of geology and the father of mineralogy -- Nicolaus Steno (1638-1686): Law of superposition of rock layers and the principles of original horizontality and lateral extension -- James Hutton (1726-1797): Uniformitarianism as the central principle of historical geology -- Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859): Unification of the natural sciences -- Georges Cuvier (1769-1832): Reality of extinction of past life-forms -- William Smith (1769-1839): Creation of the world's first geological map -- Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875): Gradual nature of earth's processes -- Alfred Wegener (1880-1930): Theory of continental drift -- Arthur Holmes (1890-1965): Estimation of the earth's age -- Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002):Theory of punctuated equilibrium.
650		0	_aEarth scientists _bBiography. _94663
650		0	_aEarth science _xHistory. _94664
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