{"product_id":"thinking-about-the-earth-a-history-of-ideas-in-geology-studies-in-the-history-and-philosophy-of-the-earth-sciences","title":"Thinking about the Earth: A History of Ideas in Geology (Studies in the History and Philosophy of the Earth Sciences)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot quite a history of geology  Thinking about the Earth is a history of the geological tradition of Western science. Beginning with a discussion of \"organic\" views of the earth in ancient cultures  David Oldroyd traverses such topics as \"mechanical\" and \"historicist\" views of the earth  map-work  chemical analyses of rocks and minerals  geomorphology  experimental petrology  seismology  theories of mountain building  and geochemistry. He brings us back to the idea that the earth may  in a sense  be regarded as a living entity  or at least that life is an essential feature of its behavior.  Oldroyd offers a broad-brush contribution to the history of ideas and theories about the earth  providing a general synthesis of what science-historians have written about the history of the earth sciences. He shows us that ideas about the earth have been changing constantly since the beginnings of geological science in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries  and indeed that ideas changed much more rapidly after the establishment of this science than in preceding centuries.  Thinking about the Earth does not assume previous knowledge of earth science. What it does require is an openness to the notion that an understanding of what geologists have to tell us today about the earth can be achieved by examining the evolving history of ideas in geology. This book will be of considerable interest to historians of science  historians of ideas  geologists  students of earth science  and general readers as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984183095349,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674883829","price":227.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674883826.jpg?v=1770825778","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/thinking-about-the-earth-a-history-of-ideas-in-geology-studies-in-the-history-and-philosophy-of-the-earth-sciences","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}