(Ebook) Four Centuries of Geological Travel: The Search for Knowledge on Foot, Bicycle, Sledge and Camel (Geological Society Special Publication no 287) by Patrick N. Wyse Jackson ISBN 186239234X

(Ebook) Four Centuries of Geological Travel: The Search for Knowledge on Foot, Bicycle, Sledge and Camel (Geological Society Special Publication no 287) by Patrick N. Wyse Jackson ISBN 186239234X

In the last four centuries geologists have traversed the globe, searching for economically important materials or simply to satisfy their intellectual curiosity. Geologists have often been at the vanguard of scientific exploration. The microscopist Robert Hooke explored the Isle of Wight, and Charles Darwin the Cape Verde islands and parts of South America. The volcanic wonders of Italy and central France attracted native and foreign visitors including Lyell and Murchison. The Tyrrell brothers faced great hardship in northern Canada, as did the actor and mineralogist Charles Lewis Giesecke in Greenland. The development of Sydney, Australia depended on finding limestone for building. French geologists relied on camels in the Sahara, while Grenville Cole trusted his tricycle to carry him across Europe. Four Centuries of Geological Travel: The Search for Knowledge on Foot, Bicycle, Sledge and Camel focuses on the complexities of geological exploration and will be of particular interest to earth scientists, historians of science and to the general reader interested in science.Also available: The Role of Women in the History of Geology- ISBN 1862392277 Myth and Geology - ISBN 1862392161 THE HISTORY OF METEORITICS AND KEY METEORITE COLLECTIONS: FIREBALLS, FALLS & FINDS - ISBN 1862391947 The Geological Society of LondonFounded in 1807, the Geological Society of London is the oldest geological society in the world, and one of the largest publishers in the Earth sciences.The Society publishes a wide range of high-quality peer-reviewed titles for academics and professionals working in the geosciences, and enjoys an enviable international reputation for the quality of its work.The many areas in which we publish in include:-Petroleum geology-Tectonics, structural geology and geodynamics-Stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology-Volcanology, magmatic studies and geochemistry-Remote sensing-History of geology-Regional geology guides