Author:
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9781437953688
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences (No. 1 -- Jan., Feb., Mar., April 1870)
Author:
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9781437953688
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9781437953688
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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The American Naturalist
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 918
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 918
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Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Author: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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"Publications of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia": v. 53, 1901, p. 788-794.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
"Publications of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia": v. 53, 1901, p. 788-794.
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 136, No. 1, 1992)
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Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422370209
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422370209
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
How the New World Became Old
Author: Caroline Winterer
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691199671
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
How the idea of deep time transformed how Americans see their country and themselves During the nineteenth century, Americans were shocked to learn that the land beneath their feet had once been stalked by terrifying beasts. T. rex and Brontosaurus ruled the continent. North America was home to saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths, great herds of camels and hippos, and sultry tropical forests now fossilized into massive coal seams. How the New World Became Old tells the extraordinary story of how Americans discovered that the New World was not just old—it was a place rooted in deep time. In this panoramic book, Caroline Winterer traces the history of an idea that today lies at the heart of the nation’s identity as a place of primordial natural beauty. Europeans called America the New World, and literal readings of the Bible suggested that Earth was only six thousand years old. Winterer takes readers from glacier-capped peaks in Yosemite to Alabama slave plantations and canal works in upstate New York, describing how naturalists, explorers, engineers, and ordinary Americans unearthed a past they never suspected, a history more ancient than anyone ever could have imagined. Drawing on archival evidence ranging from unpublished field notes and letters to early stratigraphic diagrams, How the New World Became Old reveals how the deep time revolution ushered in profound changes in science, literature, art, and religion, and how Americans came to realize that the New World might in fact be the oldest world of all.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691199671
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
How the idea of deep time transformed how Americans see their country and themselves During the nineteenth century, Americans were shocked to learn that the land beneath their feet had once been stalked by terrifying beasts. T. rex and Brontosaurus ruled the continent. North America was home to saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths, great herds of camels and hippos, and sultry tropical forests now fossilized into massive coal seams. How the New World Became Old tells the extraordinary story of how Americans discovered that the New World was not just old—it was a place rooted in deep time. In this panoramic book, Caroline Winterer traces the history of an idea that today lies at the heart of the nation’s identity as a place of primordial natural beauty. Europeans called America the New World, and literal readings of the Bible suggested that Earth was only six thousand years old. Winterer takes readers from glacier-capped peaks in Yosemite to Alabama slave plantations and canal works in upstate New York, describing how naturalists, explorers, engineers, and ordinary Americans unearthed a past they never suspected, a history more ancient than anyone ever could have imagined. Drawing on archival evidence ranging from unpublished field notes and letters to early stratigraphic diagrams, How the New World Became Old reveals how the deep time revolution ushered in profound changes in science, literature, art, and religion, and how Americans came to realize that the New World might in fact be the oldest world of all.
Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences (Part III -- Oct.-Dec., 1889)
Author:
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9781437954357
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9781437954357
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
A Study of Fossil Vertebrate Types in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Author: Earle E. Spamer
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9780910006514
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9780910006514
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences (Part I -- Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., 1875)
Author:
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9781437953831
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9781437953831
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences (Part I -- Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., and May, 1876)
Author:
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9781437953862
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9781437953862
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Documents of the Senate of the State of New York
Author: New York (State). Legislature. Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 868
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 868
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