TY - BOOK ID - 134262346 TI - The man who found time : James Hutton and the discovery of the earth's antiquity PY - 2009 SN - 9780465013371 0465013376 PB - New York : Basic Books, DB - UniCat KW - Hutton, James, 1726-1797. KW - Geologists Scotland Biography. KW - Geology History. KW - Historical geology. KW - Earth Age. KW - Geologists KW - Geology KW - Géologues KW - Géologie historique. KW - 38.59 geology: other. KW - Age KW - Historical geology KW - Geology. KW - History. KW - Hutton, James, KW - 1700-1800. KW - Earth (Planet) KW - Terre KW - Scotland KW - Age. KW - Âge. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134262346 AB - "There are three men whose contributions helped free science from the straitjacket of theology. Two of the three-Nicolaus Copernicus and Charles Darwin-are widely known and heralded for their breakthroughs. The third, James Hutton, never received the same recognition, yet he profoundly changed our understanding of the earth and its dynamic forces. Hutton proved that the earth was likely millions of years old rather than the biblically determined six thousand, and that it was continuously being shaped and re-shaped by myriad everyday forces rather than one cataclysmic event."--Publisher ER -