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Vor 3 Tagen · Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875) was a Scottish geologist whose geological discoveries informed a revelatory shift in our understanding of the Earth and its history. Lyell was fundamental in establishing the popularity and credibility of geology as a science in the nineteenth century. He was the author of the book 'Principles of Geology', which ...
Vor 2 Tagen · He read Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology and from the first stop ashore, at St. Jago, found Lyell's uniformitarianism a key to the geological history of landscapes. Darwin discovered fossils resembling huge armadillos , and noted the geographical distribution of modern species in hope of finding their "centre of creation". [21]
- Charles Darwin
- 1859
Vor 2 Tagen · Charles Darwin, the renowned British naturalist and father of evolutionary theory, revolutionized our understanding of life on Earth through his groundbreaking work "On the Origin of Species," forever changing how we view ourselves and all living organisms.
- Adrian J. Desmond
- Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is the foundation upon which modern evolutionary theory is built. The theory was outlined...
- Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution had three main components: that variation occurred randomly among members of a species; that an individual’s t...
- Growing up, Charles Darwin was always attracted to the sciences. In 1825 his father sent him to the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. Ther...
- Charles Darwin was born in England to a well-to-do family in 1809. His father was a doctor, and his mother—who died when he was only eight years ol...
- Charles Darwin’s theories hugely impacted scientific thought. But his ideas also affected the realms of politics, economics, and literature. More i...
Vor 2 Tagen · Hutton's theory would later become known as uniformitarianism, popularised by John Playfair (1748–1819) and later Charles Lyell (1797–1875) in his Principles of Geology. [9] [47] [48] Their theories strongly contested the 6,000 year age of the Earth as suggested determined by James Ussher via Biblical chronology that was accepted ...
Vor 3 Tagen · By contrast, it is possible to enjoy In Memoriam without knowing anything about Charles Lyell and Robert Chambers. As I have hinted earlier, such a distinction bears crucially on the question of what literary history is for: the kind of history which we find in The Victorians is necessary only for a particular kind of understanding of what constitutes literariness.
Vor 3 Tagen · On 23 June 1823 Charles Lyell showed some to Georges Cuvier, during a soiree in Paris, but the famous French naturalist at once dismissed them as those of a rhinoceros. Though the very next day Cuvier retracted, Lyell reported only the dismissal to Mantell, who became rather diffident about the issue. In 1824 Buckland described
Vor 3 Tagen · Salviamo i taccuini di Charles Lyell! 27-28 febbraio 2020 – I Congresso Internazionale della Società Italiana di Scienze Umane in Medicina (SISUMed) ***EVENTO RINVIATO*** Ricerca per: Articoli recenti. 29-31 maggio 2024: Convegno SISS ...
