James Hutton
James Hutton (; 3 June O.S. 1726 – 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer, naturalist and physician. Often referred to as the "Father of Modern Geology," he played a key role in establishing geology as a modern science.Hutton advanced the idea that the physical world's remote history can be inferred from evidence in present-day rocks. Through his study of features in the landscape and coastlines of his native Scottish lowlands, such as Salisbury Crags or Siccar Point, he developed the theory that geological features could not be static but underwent continuing transformation over indefinitely long periods of time. From this he argued, in agreement with many other early geologists, that the Earth could not be young. He was one of the earliest proponents of what in the 1830s became known as uniformitarianism, the science which explains features of the Earth's crust as the outcome of continuing natural processes over the long geologic time scale. Hutton also put forward a thesis for a 'system of the habitable Earth' proposed as a deistic mechanism designed to keep the world eternally suitable for humans, an early attempt to formulate what today might be called one kind of anthropic principle.
Some reflections similar to those of Hutton can be found in publications of his contemporaries, such as the French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, but it is chiefly Hutton's pioneering work that established the field. Provided by Wikipedia
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Theory of the earth : with proofs and illustrations by Hutton, James, 1726-1797
Weinheim, H.R. Engelmann (J. Cramer) and Wheldon & Wesley, 1960Call Number: Loading…
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Theory of the earth, with proofs and illustrations by Hutton, James, 1726-1797
[Weinheim, Bergstr] : [H. R. Engelmann (J. Cramer)], 1959Call Number: Loading…
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System of the earth, 1785. : Theory of the earth, 1788. Observations on granite, 1794. Together with Playfair's Biography of Hutton by Hutton, James, 1726-1797
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Dissertation upon the philosophy of light heat, and fire. by Hutton, James, 1726-1797
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James Hutton in the field and in the study by Hutton, James, 1726-1797
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Theory of the earth : with proofs and illustrations by Hutton, James, 1726-1797
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James Hutton's medical dissertation by Donovan, Arthur L.
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Essays on philosophical subjects by Smith, Adam, 1723-1790
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