Dutch Pioneers in Earth Sciences
Distributed for Edita-the Publishing House of the Royal
220 pages
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7 x 10
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© 2004
The papers collected in this volume, given at a Dutch history of science symposium, present a historical survey of Dutch contributions to earth science. Topics covered include: the pioneering stratigraphic studies of the eighteenth-century naturalist Francq van Berkhey; the 1863 geology lectures of Staring and his geological map of the Netherlands; the Maastricht Cretaceous finds in the emergence of Dutch vertebrate palaeontology; and the founding of ground water hydrology in the Netherlands.
The book also features two hallmark studies by Dutch scholars: a previously unpublished mineralogical treatise by Wiechmann, and a study of the suitability of Haüy's crystal models to identify minerals. These collected papers together form a signal contribution to the Dutch history of science.
The book also features two hallmark studies by Dutch scholars: a previously unpublished mineralogical treatise by Wiechmann, and a study of the suitability of Haüy's crystal models to identify minerals. These collected papers together form a signal contribution to the Dutch history of science.
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