Inventing the Earth – Ideas on Landscape Development Since 1740

Dr Barbara Kennedy is Emeritus Fellow of St Hugh's College, University of Oxford and former Lecturer (CUF) in the School of Geography.

List of Illustrations. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1 Inventing Scientific Explanations. 2 Inventing the Age (and Origin) of the Earth. 3 Inventing 'Modern Earth Science': Charles Lyell and 'The Principles of Geology'. 4 Inventing the Ice Age: the Role of Louis Agassiz. 5 Inventing a Balanced View of 'Forces Now in Operation': Charles Darwin's Travels in Space and Time. 6 Inventing a Fluvial Landscape: Powell, Gilbert and the Western Explorations. 7 The Invention of the Geographical Cycle and the Synthetic Genius of W. M. Davis. 8 Reinventing a Newtonian Universe: the Reductionist Revolution, 1945-1977. 9 Reinventing the Earth, 1977-: Homo sapiens, History and Micro-organisms. Epilogue. Appendix I: Cast of Principal Characters. Appendix II: Selective Glossary of Technical Terms. References. Index.