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The Highlands Controversy By David R. Oldroyd
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226626350
ISBN-13
9780226626352
eBay Product ID (ePID)
79274
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Publication Name
Highlands Controversy : Constructing Geological Knowledge Through Fieldwork in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Language
English
Publication Year
1990
Subject
Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, Earth Sciences / Geology, Earth Sciences / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science
Series
Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
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0.1 in
Item Weight
26 Oz
Item Length
1 in
Item Width
0.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
89-020610
Dewey Edition
20
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
550/.941/09034
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments 1. Nineteenth-Century British Geology and Its Historiography: Some Themes, Goals, and Methods 2. Early Geological Investigations in the Northwest Highlands 3. Geological Work of Murchison and Nicol in the Northwest Highlands: 1850s 4. The Fieldwork of 1859 and the Aberdeen Meeting of the British Association 5. The Murchison-Geikie Tour of 1860 6. Murchison and Geikie contra Nicol: The Establishment of the "Northwest Paradigm" 7. The Battle Rejoined and the Collapse of the Murchisonian Paradigm 8. Charles Lapworth: Digressions and Diversions to the Southern Uplands and the Alps 9. The Professionals Vindicated: The Work of the Surveyors in the Northwest Highlands 10. The Impact of the Highlands Controversy on the Progress of the Geological Survey: The Wharton Committee's Inquiry 11. Issues: Methodological, Epistemological, and Social Glossary Bibliography Index
Synopsis
The Highlands Controversy is a rich and perceptive account of the third and last major dispute in nineteenth-century geology stemming from the work of Sir Roderick Murchison. The earlier Devonian and Cambrian-Silurian controversies centered on whether the strata of Devon and Wales should be classified by lithological or paleontological criteria, but the Highlands dispute arose from the difficulties the Scottish Highlands presented to geologists who were just learning to decipher the very complex processes of mountain building and metamorphism. David Oldroyd follows this controversy into the last years of the nineteenth century, as geology was transformed by increasing professionalization and by the development of new field and laboratory techniques. In telling this story, Oldroyd's aim is to analyze how scientific knowledge is constructed within a competitive scientific community--how theory, empirical findings, and social factors interact in the formation of knowledge. Oldroyd uses archival material and his own extensive reconstruction of the nineteenth-century fieldwork in a case study showing how detailed maps and sections made it possible to understand the exceptionally complex geological structure of the Highlands An invaluable addition to the history of geology, The Highlands Controversy also makes important contributions to our understanding of the social and conceptual processes of scientific work, especially in times of heated dispute.
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QE13.G7O43 1990
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