Lyell: The Past is the Key to the Present
Product code: SP143
Print publication date: 09/11/1998
Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications, Regional Geology and General Interest, History of Geology
Type: Book (Hardback)
Binding: Hardback
Author/Edited by: Edited by D. Blundell and A. C. Scott (Royal Holloway University of London, UK)
Weight: 1.05kg
Number of pages: 376
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/143/1
Full Description
Special Publication 143
This title is out of print. It is available electronically via the Lyell Collection.
Considers the work of Sir Charles Lyell and his influence on his contemporaries in establishing geology as a science. It continues with an appraisal of Lyell's subsequent influence on geology through to the present day across a wide range of subjects and concludes with modern research constructed upon the legacy of Lyell, with a look to the future environment.
Distinguished historians of science give an appraisal of Lyell's life and works and his influence through his travels across Europe and North America.
Readership: General geological research community especially those interested in the history of science.
