Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time
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Title
Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time
Description
An image of the cover from Stephen Jay Gould's book Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle. Gould follows a single thread through three documents that mark the transition in our thinking from thousands to billions of years: Thomas Burnet’s four-volume Sacred Theory of the Earth (1680–1690), James Hutton’s Theory of the Earth (1795), and Charles Lyell’s three-volume Principles of Geology (1830–1833).
This cover includes an illustration of a man standing atop two of seven planets which appear. The words "Telluris Theoria Sacra" also appear.
This cover includes an illustration of a man standing atop two of seven planets which appear. The words "Telluris Theoria Sacra" also appear.
list of authors
Stephen Jay Gould - was Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard University and Vincent Astor Visiting Professor of Biology at New York University
Publisher
Harvard University Press - 1988
Subject
Arab's Mouth / Belle Moral
Fayne
Fayne
Source
From AMM's personal archive
