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Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation is a book by the Scottish geologist Charles Lyell that was first published in 3 volumes from 1830 to 1833.
Charles Lyell (1797 — 1875) was a Scottish lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day. He is best known as the author of Principles of Geology. It popularized geologist James Hutton’s concept of “uniformitarianism” — the idea that the Earth was shaped by slow-moving forces still in operation today.
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- Charles Lyell
- English
- 1830
- QE: Science: Geology
Lyell, in his Principles of Geology (1830–33), popularized this new system and paved the way for the acceptance of the great antiquity of man. Charles Darwin regarded Lyell’s Principles as one of the two germinal works in the formation of his own ideas on evolution. Early stone tools…
Principles of Geology. An Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes now in Operation. Search within full text. Get access. Cited by 3. Volume 1. Charles Lyell. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Online publication date: August 2010. Print publication year: 2009. First published in: 1830. Online ISBN:
- Charles Lyell
- 2009
Overview. Until relatively recently most people assumed that Earth was relatively young. Charles Lyell, in his work The Principles of Geology, was the first to be taken seriously when proposing an ancient Earth.
Books. Principles of Geology, Volume 1. Sir Charles Lyell. University of Chicago Press, Sep 15, 1990 - Science - 593 pages. As important to modern world views as any work of Darwin, Marx, or...
