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Martin J. S. Rudwick

The Great Devonian Controversy

The Shaping of Scientific Knowledge among Gentlemanly Specialists

528 pages, 47 halftones, 10 maps, frontispiece  7 x 10  © 1985
Series: Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series

Cloth $65.00

ISBN: 9780226731018   Published June 1985

Paper $40.00

ISBN: 9780226731025   Published June 1988

List of Illustrations
Preface
List of Footnote Abbreviations
Dramatis Personae
Part I - Setting the Score
1. Scientific Research under a Historical Microscope
2. Arenas of Gentlemanly Debate
3. Unraveling the Earth
Part II - The Plot Unfolds
4. Prelude: Unraveling the Greywacke
5. The Controversy Goes Public
6. Taming the Transition
7. Devonshire Put to the Test
8. Interpretative Maneuvers
9. Shifting the Argument
10. Big Books in Collision
11. The Devonian System Reborn
12. Conquering the Continent
13. Creating a Consensus
14. The Devonian Naturalized
Part III - The Action Analyzed
15. The Shape of the Controversy
16. The Shaping of Natural Knowledge
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
Subjects



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