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Online Publication Date: 05 Nov 2007

Book Reviews, Interesting Publications, Announcements, Calendar, Annual Index

Page Range: 163 – 174
DOI: 10.17704/eshi.9.2.542417667h832834
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Alberstadt, Leonard P., 1990, Science and religion: the dismissal of Alexander Winchell from Vander-bilt University 1878 - Was he set up?: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A119.

Bentor, Yaacov, 1949 (1990 reprint), Map of the Negev (handwritten field notes and diagrams): Geol. Surv. of Israel, GSI/10/85, 206 p.

Bloom, Arthur L., 1990, Glacial Eustacy: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A27.

Bork, Kennard B., 1990, Nature's order and natural theory, as seen in the geological writings of Elie Bertrand (1713-1797): Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A119.

Bork, Kennard B., 1990, Constat Prévost (1787-1856) - the life and contributions of a French uni-formitarian: Journal of Geological Education, v. 38, p. 21-27.

Brice, William R., 1990, Gilbert Dennison Harris: Paleontologist-teacher-printer: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A119.

Buchanan, Rex C., 1990, R.C. Moore and concepts of sea-level change in the midcontinent: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A28.

Butowsky, Harry A., 1989, Astronomy and Astrophysics National Historic Landmark Theme Study, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, D.C., 394 p.

Carozzi, Albert V., 1990, Trois Grands Protagonistes: Marc-Auguste Pictet, Guillame-Antoine Deluc et Jean Tollot, Histoire des Sciences de la Terre entre 1790 et 1815 vue à travers les documents inédits de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, v. 45, no. 2, 411 p.

Clark, Mary, ed., 1989, Sands Scientist: The Letters of Karl A. Clark 1920-1949, 1989, University of Alberta Press, 489 p. $30.

Corsi, Pietro, 1988, The Age of Lamarck: Evolutionary Theories in France, 1790-1830, University of California Press, Berkeley/Los Angeles, 360 p., $42.

Davies, G.L. Herries, 1989, The natural history of geological institutions within the British Isles: Zeitschrift für Geologische Wissenschafien, v. 17, p. 37-50.

Dean, Dennis R., 1989, Benjamin Franklin and Earth-quakes: Annals of Science, v. 46, p. 481-495.

Dean, Dennis R., 1989, New Light on William Maclure: Annals of Science, v. 46, p. 549-575.

Dietrich, R.V., Are There Patron Saints for Rock and Mineral Collectors?: Rocks and Minerals, v. 65, September/October, p. 442-445.

Dott, R.H., Jr., 1990, T.C. Chamberlain's hypothesis of diastrophic control of natural time divisions by worldwide changes of sea level: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A27.

Engelhardt, Wolf von, and Zimmermann, Jörg, 1988, The Theory of Science, Cambridge Univ. Press, 381 p., $75.

Fay, R.O., 1990, President Herbert Clark Hoover and the Pawhuska Limestone: Oklahoma Geology, v. 50, p. 108-125.

Goldberg, Stanley, et al., 1989, Teaching in the history of science-resources and strategies: History of Science Society, Philadelphia, Penn., 40 p.

Gould, Stephen J., 1990, Bent out of shape: the odd tail bend of the marine fossil ichthyosaur is a clue to its reptilian roots: Natural History, no. 7/90, p. 12-27.

Gould, Stephen J., 1990, In Touch with Walcott: Natural History, no. 7/90, p. 10-16.

Green, C.P., 1990, The badge of the Geologist's Association: its history on the cover of the Proceedings: Proceedings of the Geologist's Association, v. 101, p. 97-100.

Hallam, Anthony, 1990, Eduard Suess and European thought on Phanerozoic eustacy: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A27.

Harper, J.A., 1990, J.P. Lesley and the Great Anticline Debate: Pennsylvania Geology, v. 21, no. 2, p. 10-15.

Harper, J.A., 1990, The importance of serendipity: Dorcie Calhoun and the Leidy Gas Field: Pennsylvania Geology, v. 21, p. 3-7.

Haubelt, Josef, 1988, Kaspar M. Sternbeck, prirdovdeo a geolog (Kaspar M. Sternbeck, portrait of a geologist): Ustredni Ustav Geologicky, Praha, 85 p. (in Czech).

Headland, Robert K., 1989, Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions and Related Historical Events, Cambridge Univ. Press, New York, 500 p., $80.

Hickman, Carole S., 1990, History of Galapagos geology: Oschner's misplaced Galapagos fossils: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A120.

Hill, Beth, 1987, Sappers-The Royal Engineers in British Columbia: Horsdal & Schubart Publishers Ltd., Ganges, British Columbia, 182 p.

History Division, National Park Service, 1987, History and Prehistory in the National Park System and the National Historic Landmarks Program, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 124 p.

Johnson, Markes E., 1990, A.W. Grabau's embryonic sequence stratigraphy: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A27.

Kendall, C.G. St.C., 1990, A challenge: is it possible to determine eustasy?: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A28.

Krause, D.J., 1989, Douglas Houghton and the native copper of Lake Superior: Isis, v. 80, p. 622-639.

Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, 1989, 40 years celebrating science, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Palisades, New York, 121 p.

Langer, Wolfhart, 1988, Johann Wilhelm Baumer (1719-1788): Ein vergessener Vertreter der frühen geologischen Wissenschaften: Natur und Museum, v. 118, no. 8, p. 239-243.

Laporte, Léo F., ed., 1990, Establishment of a Geologic Framework for Paleontology, GSA Special Paper 242.

Laudan, Rachel, and Larry, Rachel, 1989, Dominance and Disunity of Method: Solving the Problems of Innovation and Consensus: Philos. Sci, v. 56, p. 221-237.

Lipps, Jere H., 1990, History of Galapagos geology: Darwin's lost Galapagos fossils: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A120.

Litehiser, Joe J., ed., 1990, Observatory Seismology: A Centennial Symposium for the Berkeley Seismographic Stations, Univ. California Press, Berkeley, 288 p., $25.

Madsen, B.D., 1989, ed., Exploring the Great Salt Lake-the Stansbury Expedition of 1849-50: University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 960 p., Hardcover, $50.00

Matthews, W.H, III, 1990, American Fossil Hunters: Earth Science, v. 43, p. 16-18.

McBirney, A.K., 1990, An historical note on the origin of calderas: Journal of Volcanology & Geothermal Research, v. 42, n. 3, p. 303-306.

McKinney, Curtis R., 1990, A determination of the period of uranium absorption in Holocene tooth enamel by means of fission track analysis: implications for U-series and ESR dating of enamel: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A120.

Nelson, Clifford M., 1990, Ulrich and Schuchert on strandline displacements through geologic time: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A28.

Nelson, W. John, 1990, The cylothermic concept in the Illinois Basin: a review: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A28.

Newcomb, Sally, 1990, Contributions of early laboratory work in geology: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A119.

Nicholas, F.W., and Nicholas, J.M., 1989, Charles Darwin in Australia, Cambridge Univ. Press, New York, 280 p., $39.50.

Numbers, Ronald L., and Savitt, Todd L., eds., 1989, Science and Medicine in the Old South, Louisiana State University Press, $37.50.

Paronuzzi, Paolo, 1988, Geologi polacchi in Italia, in Kanceff, Emanuale, and Lewanski, Richard, eds., Viaggiatori polacchi in Italia, Slatkine, Geneva, p. 241-258.

Pemberton, S.G., and Frey, R.W., 1990, Darwin on worms-the advent of experimental neoichnology: Ichnos, v. 1, n. 1, p. 65-71.

Peterson, Richard, 1990, Thomas Starr King in California, 1860-1864: Forgotten Naturalist: California Hist., v. 69, no. 1, p. 12-21.

Picard, M. Dane, 1989, Harry Hammond Hess and the Theory of Sea-floor Spreading: Jour. Geol. Educ., v. 37, no. 5, p. 346-359.

Prothero, Donald R., and Stoch, Robert M., eds., 1989, The Evolution of Perissodactyls, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford Monogr., Geol. and Geophys., no. 15, $70.

Rabbitt, Mary C., 1990, Origins of the U.S. Geological Survey: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A120.

Robinson, E., 1990, "Clarion o'er the dreaming earth": a personal review of the Geologists' Association Circular since 1858: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, v. 101, p. 101-118.

Rosenbaum, M.S., 1990, Geologists at war: the D-Day operations and subsequent advance: Proceedings of the Geologist's Association, v. 101, p. 163-165.

Schröder, W., 1988, Emil Wiechert and the foundation of geophysics: Archives Internationales D'Histoire des Sciences, v. 38, n. 121, p. 277-288.

Secord, James A., 1990, Controversy in Victorian Geology: The Cambrian Silurian Dispute, Princeton Univ. Press, Lawrenceville, NJ, 400 p., hardcover: $49.50, paperback: $16.95.

Seibold, I., and Seibold, E., 1990, Neues aus dem Geologen-Archiv (1989): Geologische Rundschau, v. 79, p. 167-170.

Sengör, A.M.C., 1990, Plate tectonics and erogenic research after 35 years-a Tethyan perspective: Earth Science Reviews, v. 27, n. 1/2, p. 1-201.

Socolow, A.A., 1989, A Brief History of the Missouri Geological Survey 1853-1989, Missouri Dept. Natural Resources, Div. Geol. and Land Surv. (reprinted from The State Geological Surveys: A History).

Spencer, Frank, 1990, The Piltdown papers: the correspondence and other archival materials related to the Piltdown forgery: Natural History Publications, London, 244 p.

Steadman, David W., and Zousmer, Steven, 1988, Galápagos: Discovery on Darwin's Islands, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 208 p., $24.95.

Stout, Dorothy Lalonde, 1989, Alfred Oswald Woodford: A California Centennial Celebration: Jour. Geol. Educ., v. 37, no. 5, p. 359-364.

Tanimoto, Tsutomu, 1990, The Japanese Reception of Alfred Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift: Historia Scientiarum (The History of Science Society of Japan), no. 39, p. 15-27.

Tinker, K.J., ed., 1989, History of Geomorphology: from Hutton to Hack, Unwin Hyman, London and Boston, 344 p.

Torrens, H.S., 1990, The scientific ancestry and historiography of The Silurian System:Journal of the Geological Society, v. 147, p. 657-662.

Vail, Peter R., 1990, The acceptance of modern sequence stratigraphy and its implications for eustasy: Geological Society of America, 1990 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A28.

Wiederkehr, K.H. & Schröder, W., 1989, Georg von Neumayers geophysikalisches Projekt in Australien und Alexander von Humboldt: Gesnerus (Swiss Journal of the History of Medicine & Sciences), v. 46, pt. 1/2, p. 93-115.

Wright, H.E., and Miller, R.F., 1990, Robert Foulis (1796-1866): New Brunswick inventor, entre-peneur and geologist: Geoscience Canada, v. 17, p. 101-104.

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