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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.
Nov 14, 2018 · Lyell was a close friend to Charles Darwin and is best known as the author of Principles of Geology, which popularized James Hutton ‘s concepts of uniformitarianism – the idea that the earth was shaped by the same processes still in operation today.
Feb 25, 2011 · Principles of geology. by. Lyell, Charles. Publication date. 1837. Publisher. London John Murray. Collection. biodiversity; darwinslibrary.
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Principles of Geology By Martin J. S. Rudwick* I CHARLES LYELL HAS SUFFERED the posthumous fate of being interpreted on almost any terms but his own. To some historians he has been little more than a Baptist to Darwin's Messiah, preparing the way to evolution by natural selection in spite of his own strange reluctance to accept the good news.
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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.
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