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The Norton history of the environmental sciences / Peter J. Bowler.

Bowler, Peter J. (Author).

Summary:

Chronicles humanity's quest to understand its own origins, synthesizing discoveries in geography, geology, and evolutionary biology.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0393035352 :
  • ISBN: 9780393035353
  • ISBN: 0393310426 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780393310429 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xvii, 634 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: 1st American ed.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, 1993.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published in England under the title: The Fontana history of the environmental sciences, c1992.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [554]-606) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The problem of perception -- The ancient and medieval worlds -- Renaissance and revolution -- Theories of the earth -- Nature and the enlightenment -- The Heroic Age -- The philosophical naturalists -- The age of evolution -- The earth sciences -- Darwinism triumphant -- Ecology and environmentalism.
Subject:
Environmental sciences > History.
Environmental sciences.
Genre:
History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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