Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108048378)

This first book by James Croll (1821-90), published in 1875, includes many of the original geophysical theories that he had formulated throughout the early years of his career. A self-educated amateur, Croll obtained work at the Glasgow Andersonian Museum, which gave him leisure time to pursue his scientific interests. The fluidity of scientific disciplines at the time allowed him to virtually invent the field of geophysics, and his unique insights united ideas previously thought unconnected, such as using physics to explore the causes of the glacial epochs, climatic changes and the circulation and temperature of ocean currents. Croll, whose Stellar Evolution and Its Relations to Geological Time is also reissued in this series, later became a Fellow of the Royal Society and of St Andrew's University, but (possibly because of his non-scientific background) he writes in a style which makes his works accessible to a lay readership.

Author: James Croll
ISBN-10: 1108048374
ISBN-13: 9781108048378
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/10/2012
Pages: 620
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.71lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.37d