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Book Reviews, Interesting Publications, Calendar, Notices, Title and Author Indexes
Book Reviews, Interesting Publications, Calendar, Notices, Title and Author Indexes
Page Range: 187 – 199
DRAKE, E. T., 1983, Robert Hooke and the Huttonian theory: a discussion: Jour. Geology, v. 91, p. 231-232.
DRAKE, E. T. and KOMAR, P. D., 1983, Speculations about the Earth: the role of Robert Hooke and others in the 17th century: Earth Sci. History, v. 2, p. 11-16.
RANALLI, G., 1982, Robert Hooke and the Huttonian theory: Jour. Geology, v. 90, p. 319-325.
RANALLI, G., 1983, Robert Hooke and the Huttonian theory: a reply: Jour. Geology, v. 91, p. 233-234.
DRAKE, E. T., 1981, The Hooke Imprint on the Huttonian Theory: Am. Jour. Sci., v. 281, p. 963-973.
DRAKE, E. T., 1983. Robert Hooke and the Huttonian Theory: A Discussion: Jour. Geology, v. 91, p. 231-232.
DRAKE, E. T. and KOMAR, P. D., 1983, Speculations About the Earth: the Role of Robert Hooke and Others in the 17th Century: Jour. of the History of Earth Sciences, v. 2, p. 11-16.
RANALLI, G., 1982, Robert Hooke and the Huttonian Theory: Jour. Geology, v. 90, p. 319-325.
RANALLI, G., 1983, Robert Hooke and the Huttonian Theory: A Reply: Jour. Geology, v. 91, p. 233-234.
Simpson, G. G., 1942. The beginnings of vertebrate paleontology in North America: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, v. 86, no. 1, p. 130-188.
Ault, James P., Paul, J. Harland, Fleming, John A., Moberg, Eric G., Forbush, Scptt E., Shepard, Ernest S. M. and Crow, Ruth M., 1946, The Work of the Carnegie and Suggestions for Future Cruises Scientific Results of Cruise VII of the Carnegie during 1928-1929, under Command of Captain J. P. Ault. Oceanography-IV.
An account of the last cruise of the ship Carnegie, including the explosion that destroyed it. Publications Office, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1530 P Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005, $7 (paper).
Berggren, W. A. and Van Couvering, John A., eds., 1984, Catastrophes and Earth History. The New Uniformitarianism. From symposium, Woods Hole, Mass., June 1977, and Lawrence, Kansas, August 1977. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, xii, 465 pp., illus., $65.00, $19.50 (paper).
Block, Robert H., 1982 Ph.D. dissertation, The Whitney Survey in California, 1860-74: A Study of Environmental Science and Exploration. UCLA.
Burkhardt, Frederick and Smith Sydney, eds., 1984, The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: A Major New Series, Cambridge University Press, New York.
The Cambridge edition will present the full text of every letter and contain both sides of the correspondence. The letters will be edited according to the principles and practice of modern textural criticism, providing an authentic text without modernization. Darwin's annotations on letters he received will be included as well as the alterations he make in writing his own letters.
Volume 1: 1821-1836. The major portion of letters in this volume concern Darwin's undergraduate years and the voyage of the Beagle. Engagingly written and highly readable, these letters tell a remarkable story of Darwin's self-discovery.
Carozzi, A. V., 1984, Glaciology and the Ice Age. Jour. Geological Education, Vol. 32, pp. 158-170.
Conkin, Barbara M. and Conkin, James E., eds., 1984, Stratigraphy, Foundations and Concepts. Benchmark Papers in Geology, available through Van Nostrand Reinhold, 7625 Empire Drive, Florence, Kentucky 41042, 384 pp., $45.00.
Stratigraphic works dating from the late 17th through early 20th centuries, along with incisive contemporary editorial comments, demonstrate the development of stratigraphy as the science and art of organizing the world's strata into a chronological succession. Clearly explored are the roles these and other papers have played in laying the foundations and forming the basic concepts of stratigraphy. Extensive data is provided on discovery and the development of principles as well as on such concepts as zones, stages, facies, and disconformities. Petroleum geologists and those working in the fields of stratigraphy, paleontology, and natural science will benefit from this useful guide.
Darwin, Charles. The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. Foreward by Michael T. Ghiselin, 1984. University of Arizona Press, Tuscon, Arizona, (originally published by University of California Press, Berkeley, 1962), 215 pp., illus., $7.95 (paper).
Dudich, E., 1984, Contributions to the History of Geologic Mapping. Foreward by J. Fulop. Proceedings of the Xth INHIGEO Symposium, Budapest, 1982, Akademiai Kiado, xiv, 442 pp., illus., $34.00.
Explorer on the Northern Plains: Lieutenant Gouverneur K. Warren's Preliminary Report of Explorations in Nebraska and Dakota, in the Years 1855 - '56 - '57. Schubert, Frank N., ed., 1984. Engineer Historical Studies, Number 2, Historical Division, Office of Administrative Services, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Washington, D.C., xxxiv, 125 p., illus.
Gilliland, William A., 1984, Brief History of the Bureau of Geology, 1850-1983. Informations Series 84-2, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Geology, Jackson, Mississippi.
Gjertsen, Derek, 1984, The Classics of Science: A Study of Twelve Enduring Scientific Works. Lilian Barber Press, Box 232, New York, New York 10163, 384 p., $24.95 (cloth), $15.95 (paper).
Brief Contents: Corpus Hippocraticum; The Elements of Euclid; The Almagest (Ptolemy); De Revolutionibus (Copernicus); De humani corporis fabrica (Vesalius); Siderius nuncius (Galileo); De motu cordis (Harvey); Principia (Newton); Systema naturae (Linnaeus); A New System (Dalton); Principles of Geology (Lyell); On the Origin of Species (Darwin).
Guntau, Martin, 1984, The Origin of Geology as a Science. Schriftenreihe fur Geologische Wissenschaften, Heft 22, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 131 p, DM 27 (paper).
Hallam, A., 1983, Great Geological Controversies. Oxford University Press, 182 p., $14.95.
History of Geology, 1883-1983, University of Auckland, Brothers, R. N., eds., November, 1983.
History of Geology, 1984, Proceedings of the 27th International Geological Congress, Moscow, 4-14. August, 1984, Vol. 21, pp. 216. VNU Science Press, P.O. Box 2073, 3500 GB Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Journal of Geological Education, Vol. 32, No. 5, November 1984. James H. Shea, ed., National Association of Geology Teachers, Inc., publishers, 1041 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, Kansas 66044.
McLachlan, Dan, Jr. and Glusker, J. P., eds. 1983, Crystallography in North America. New York. American Crystallographic Association, 479 p. (Distributed by Polycrystal Book Service, Western Springs, Illinois.) $50.00
Millbrooke, Anne M., 1981 Ph.D. dissertation, State Geological Surveys of the Nineteenth Century. University of Pennsylvania.
Nitecki, Matthew H., 1984, Extinctions. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, ix, 335 p., illus.
Pyatt, Edward, 1983, The National Physical Laboratory. A History. Heyden, Philadelphia, x, 270 pp., illus. $48.00.
Reference Points. Canadian Oil and Gas: The First One Hundred Years, 1984. Canadian Petroleum Association, publishers. Head Office: 1500, 633 - 6 Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2P 2Y5.
Robinson, A. H., 1982, Early Thematic Mapping in the History of Cartography. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 266 p., $35.00
Rolfe, W. D. Ian, Shorter Notices: A Stubbs Drawing Recognized. The Burlington Magazine, Vol. CXXV, No. 969, December 1983, pp. 738-740.
Rupke, Nicolaas A., 1983, The Great Chain of History. William Buckland and the English School of Geology (1814-1849). Clarendon (Oxford University Press), New York, xii, 322 pages, illus., $45.00.
Schneer, Cecil J., 1984, The Evolution of Physical Science: Major Ideas from Earliest Times to the Present. University Press of America, Lanham, xvii, 398 p., $12.75 (paper).
This volume, originally published by Harper Brothers as The Search for Order presents an historical account of the succession of major developments in science. The basic ideas of physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology and mathematics are set forth as they developed from the days of Greek scientific rationalism to the present.
Schroder, W., 1984, History of Auroral Research. Catalogue No. 8997-9, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Hindenburgstrasse 11, D-6100 Darmstadt 11, Fed. Rep. of Germany.
Schroder, W., ed., 1984, Historical Events and people in Geosciences. Selected papers from the IAGA Symposia of the Interdivisional Commission of History during the IUGG General Assembly, Hamburg, 1983. Verlag Peter LANG, Jupiterstrasse 15, CH-3015 Bern, Switzerland.
Sloss, L. L., 1984, The Greening of Stratigraphy 1933-1983. Ann. Rev. Earth Planet Sci., Vol. 12, pp. 1-10.
Speakman, Colin, 1982, Adam Sedgwick: Geologist and Salesman, 1785-1873: A Biography in Twelve Themes. Heathfield, East Sussex, U.K., Broad Oak Press, Ltd., 145 pp. $16.00 (paper)
Stablein, G., 1983, Alfred Wegener. From Research in Greenland to Plate Tectonics. GeoJournal, Vol. 7, pp. 361-368.
The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906. Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission. Andrew C. Lawson, Chairman. A detailed record of the 1906 earthquake that devastated San Fransisco and much of the surrounding area. Separate atlas of 25 color maps and 16 sheets of seismographs. 1908, reprinted 1969. Publications Office, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1530 P Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005, $29 (cloth).
Ward, Dederick C. and Carozzi, Albert V., 1984, Geology Emerging: A Catalog Illustrating the History of Geology (1500-1850) from a Collection in the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Publications Office, Champaign, Illinois, 565 pp., $35.00 (paper).
Zernel, John, 1983 Ph.D. dissertation, John Wesley Powell: Science and Reform in a Positive Context. Oregon State University.
Ziadat, Adel A., 1983 Ph.D. dissertation, Western Science in the Arab World: The Impact of Darwinism, 1860-1930. University of Montreal.