It Began with a Stone: A History of Geology from the Stone Age to the Age of Plate Tectonics

Antiquity. The Middle Ages. Geology Was Born In Italy. A Solid Within A Solid. The French Connection. Detour Via Freiberg. The Quiet In Britain. Geology Comes of Age In Britain. The French Reaction. Provincial Beginnings in America. State Surveys. California! The Great Western Surveys. The Physico-Chemical View. Cooling Earth, Flexing Continents, Radioactivity. Continental Drift, Subsiding Ocean. References. Index.Faul, Henry is the author of 'It Began with a Stone: A History of Geology from the Stone Age to the Age of Plate Tectonics' with ISBN 9780471896050 and ISBN 0471896055.