Rudwick, M. J. S.,

Earth's deep history : how it was discovered and why it matters / Martin J. S. Rudwick. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014. - ix, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-337) and index.

Making history a science -- Nature's own antiquities -- Sketching big pictures -- Expanding time and history -- Bursting the limits of time -- Worlds before Adam -- Disturbing a consensus -- Human history in nature's history -- Eventful deep history -- Global histories of the earth -- One planet among many.

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Earth sciences--History.
Natural history--History.
Religion and science.

550 RUD