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Gould, Stephen Jay,

Time's arrow, time's cycle : myth and metaphor in the discovery of geological time / Stephen Jay Gould. - [1st edition]. - xiii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - The Jerusalem-Harvard lectures . - Jerusalem-Harvard lectures. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-215) and index.

The discovery of deep time -- Thomas Burnet's battleground of time -- James Hutton's theory of the earth : a machine without a history -- Charles Lyell, historian of time's cycle -- Boundaries.

Examines scientific theories pertaining to the measurement of earth's history.

ISBN: 0674891988 9780674891982 0674891996 9780674891999

LCCN: 86029485

Nat. Bib. No.: GB8820385 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 011971654 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Burnet, Thomas, 1635?-1715. Telluris theoria sacra.
Hutton, James, 1726-1797. Theory of the earth.
Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875.
Burnet, Thomas, 1635?-1715. Telluris theoria sacra.
Hutton, James, 1726-1797. Theory of the earth.
Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875.
Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875.
Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Theory of the earth (Hutton, James)
Telluris theoria sacra (Burnet, Thomas)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Geological time--Study and teaching--History.

Subjects--Index Terms: Geological time Myth geological time Timekeeper (general) Philosophy

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 551.7

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 551.7 G698t