Principles of Geology, Volume 2 - Softcover

Lyell, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226497976 ISBN 13: 9780226497976

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1991

Synopsis

As important to modern world views as any work of Darwin, Marx, or Freud, Lyell's Principles of Geology has never before been available in paperback. In the second of three volumes, Lyell (1797-1875) continues his uniformitarian argument of Volume I—the physical features of the earth are endlessly fluctuating around a stable mean—but focuses on organic rather than inorganic processes. Volume II is widely known because of its influence on Darwin, who took the book on his famous Beagle voyage and was stimulated by Lyell's extensive treatment of biological history and diversity.

About this title

Book Description:

In 1832, Scottish geologist Charles Lyell published the second volume of his groundbreaking trilogy, which profoundly influenced Charles Darwin. Lyell examines the connections between the Earth's changing crust and the many species of birds, insects, mammals and fish that live on it, their distribution, migrations and adaptation to changing habitats.

About the Author:

1797-1875

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0226497976
• ISBN 13: 9780226497976
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 586