Jack Repcheck
Autore di The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of Earth's Antiquity
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Jack Repcheck is an editor at W. W. Norton Company. His previous book was the critically acclaimed The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth's Antiquity
Fonte dell'immagine: Simon and Schuster
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- Nome canonico
- Repcheck, Jack
- Sesso
- male
- Luogo di residenza
- Pennsylvania, USA
- Attività lavorative
- editor (W. W. Norton & Co)
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- Opere
- 2
- Utenti
- 465
- Popolarità
- #52,883
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 16
- ISBN
- 14
- Lingue
- 2
Heading south on the North Sea along with two friends who would become his champions,
James Hutton found the shale and sandstone outcrop/unconformity at Siccar Point that would prove
his erosion-sedimentation-uplift theory.
His logic and reasoning took him to the next step of the origin and timeline of the earth,
with journeys to Arthur's Seat and Glen Tilt.
Not sure that readers need so much extra information on The Bonnie Prince and the history of The Church.
It may be enough to know that not much has changed in Church intelligence since Copernicus and Galileo.
Just a modern mental IInquisition.
More maps (Edinburgh!) and photos or drawings of geology formations would enhance the tale.
As well, the author offers great build-ups to the Eureka locations, yet delivery feels anti-climactic.… (altro)