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Author Rudwick, M. J. S.

Title The great Devonian controversy : the shaping of scientific knowledge among gentlemanly specialists / Martin J.S. Rudwick.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988, ©1985.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  551.7 R836g 1988    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition Pbk. ed.
Description xxxiii, 494 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Science and its conceptual foundations
Science and its conceptual foundations.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-483) and index.
Contents Setting the scene -- Scientific research under a historical microscope -- Arenas of gentlemanly debate -- Unraveling the earth -- Prelude: unraveling the Greywacke -- The Controversy goes public -- Taming the transition -- Devonshire put to the test -- Interpretive maneuvers -- Shifting the argument -- Big books in collision -- The Devonian system reborn -- Conquering the continent -- Creating a consensus -- The Devonian naturalized -- The Action analyzed -- The Shape of the controversy -- The Shaping of natural knowledge -- Appendices: A. "And they lived happily ever after" -- B. The Devonian modernized -- C. Note on prices and incomes.
Subject Geology, Stratigraphic -- Devonian.
Science -- History.
Geology -- History.
Geology -- England -- Devon.
Devonian Geologic Period. (OCoLC)fst01352702
Geology. (OCoLC)fst00940627
Geology, Stratigraphic. (OCoLC)fst00940727
Science. (OCoLC)fst01108176
England -- Devon. (OCoLC)fst01206047
Chronological Term From 345 to 405 million years ago
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 0226731022 (pbk.)
9780226731025 (pbk.)

 
    
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