E-Book, Englisch, Band 436, 214 Seiten, Web PDF
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5791-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
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FrontMatter, pg. i
Preface, pg. vii
Contributors, pg. ix
Contents, pg. xi
Acknowledgements, pg. xvii
Uniformitarian Meanders, pg. 1
4004 BC, pg. 2
Brief Thoughts on Maps, pg. 3
Variable Strata, pg. 4
Biblical Uniformitarianism, pg. 5
Geological Literature, pg. 5
On the Prospects of Coal near Otakaia, Otago, pg. 6
The Discovery of the South Magnetic Pole, pg. 11
Geologists in Antarctica, pg. 19
Oceanography at Wisconsin, pg. 19
Sampling the Sea Floor in 1820, pg. 20
The Last Pterodactyl, pg. 24
Plain Geology, pg. 26
Pardon?, pg. 29
Rocks, Whistles and Last Trumps, pg. 30
The First Seismograph, pg. 30
The San Francisco Earthquake, pg. 31
Earthquake in Valdivia, pg. 32
Legal Slip, pg. 33
Einstein and Gutenberg, pg. 33
A Scientific Swindler, pg. 34
Alfred Wegener, Meteorologist (1870–1930), pg. 42
Et Al., pg. 45
On Brevity, pg. 45
Poppycock, pg. 46
Rock Bottom, pg. 46
Annual Mileage, pg. 47
Student Field Trip, pg. 48
Travelling Expenses, pg. 48
Victorian Geology, pg. 49
Life on the Ocean Wave, pg. 50
Geology in London, pg. 51
William Buckland 1784-1856), pg. 51
Divining for Metals, pg. 54
Proof Spirit, pg. 57
Feasting, pg. 58
Fasting, pg. 59
Struthiomimus, or the Danger of Being Too Clever, pg. 59
Burnet and His Critics, pg. 61
Expert Advice, pg. 70
Compiling Maps, pg. 70
Joining-up, pg. 70
Theories of the Earth, 1828, pg. 71
Pursuing a Line of Thought, pg. 78
Petrifications, pg. 78
The Excursion, pg. 80
Respect for the Director General, pg. 81
Bureaucracy, 1885, pg. 81
Official Letters, pg. 82
Irish Debt, pg. 83
The Village and Its Amusements, pg. 84
Poor Smith, pg. 85
Odd Balls, pg. 86
Time and Tide, pg. 86
Old Magma, pg. 87
Magmafication, pg. 87
A Fossil Town, pg. 89
In Aquavitae, Veritas, pg. 91
On the Effects of Malt Whisky, pg. 91
Traits of My Early Childhood, pg. 91
Self-esteem, pg. 92
Transient Love, pg. 93
Haute Cuisine, pg. 94
Motivating Research, pg. 96
Marsh and Cope, pg. 97
A Visit to Dr Woodward, pg. 100
Cephalopods Cure Cramp in Cows, pg. 101
Ad Infinitum, pg. 102
Collecting in 1728, pg. 102
The Specimen Hunter, pg. 103
Self-possession, pg. 103
Mary Anning, pg. 103
Welsh Pronunciation: the Sedgwick Way, pg. 105
Plesiosaurus triatarsostinus, pg. 106
A New Approach, pg. 108
Plus Ça Change, pg. 110
Geology in 1969, pg. 110
The Piltdown Hoax, pg. 111
Sedgwick on The Origin of Species, pg. 113
Aping the Past, pg. 113
Letter to the Earth, pg. 114
Geology–the Hypothetical Science, pg. 115
A Geologist's Paradise, pg. 116
The Great Diamond Hoax, pg. 116
Mark Twain–Geologist, pg. 124
Theorists, pg. 130
Ami Boué, pg. 130
Dress and Equipment 100 Years Ago, pg. 132
Darwin and Sedgwick in the Field, pg. 134
Darwin on Lyell, pg. 135
Lyell as Statesman and Gourmand, pg. 136
Cabbage Rolls, pg. 140
Trace Elements in Food, pg. 141
Lab. Work, pg. 142
Chemists and Geologists, pg. 142
In Situ, pg. 143
Cuvier's Study, pg. 144
The Jolly Young Trilobite, pg. 145
Potted Geology, pg. 146
Science and Economists, pg. 147
In Memoriam, pg. 148
Field Trip–New Mexico, pg. 149
Moderation in All Things, pg. 152
Storm Warning, pg. 152
. But Names Can Never Hurt Me, pg. 153
Call a Spade a Spade, pg. 154
Linnaeus Simplified, pg. 154
Musty Dons, pg. 155
Rote Learning, pg. 157
Practical Demonstrations, pg. 158
Student Assessment, pg. 160
Rara Avis, pg. 161
The Giant's Causeway, pg. 161
Triangular Diagrams, pg. 162
‘Frisky Hall’, pg. 162
Experimental Folding, pg. 163
The Pick and Hammer Club, pg. 164
Russian Efficiency, pg. 166
Stone Juice, pg. 168
Acknowledgement, pg. 168
Geological Poachers, pg. 169
Pretty Stones, pg. 170
Magnetic Attraction, pg. 172
E. B. Bailey (1881-1965), pg. 172
Ruskin on Rocks, pg. 173
The Death of Pliny the Elder, pg. 174
Vesuvius, pg. 176
Volcanic Moulds, pg. 179
Fecal Petrofabrics, pg. 180
Suggestions re Field Work, etc., pg. 181
AWOL, pg. 183
Powell in the Grand Canyon, pg. 184
The Min. Mag., pg. 190
The Cosmic Achoo!, pg. 191
Index, pg. 193
