A student`s guide to earth science words and terms: science words and terms/
Greenwood press [pub]
- Westport: Greenwood press, 2004.
- 132 Pp.
1 The Earth Sciences to 1500 15 Moving toward the Scientific Revolution (1400-1600) 31 The Role of scientific Instruments(1600-1800) 45 The Role of scientific Societies(1600—1700) 55 The Beginning of scientific Communities(1700—1800) 69 Expanding the Limits (1800-1900) 83 The Influence of Geophysics(1900—1950) lOT' New Models of Earth and the Universe (1950 to the Present) 121 Timeline ofEarth Science 126 Glossary 127 Bibliography 129 Cumulative Index