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James Geikie, the Man and the Geologist
Marion Isabel Newbigin and J. S. (John Smith), Sir Flett
Before the ice ages were common knowledge, James Geikie wrote The Great Ice Age and made them real. Marion Newbigin follows him from the field surveys of his first years to marriage, Perth, and the last chapters of a working scientist's life. A warm portrait of the man behind the glaciers. Meet the geologist who mapped the cold.
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19 chapters
- 1JAMES GEIKIE THE MAN AND THE GEOLOGIST
- 2PREFACE
- 3CONTENTS
- 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5Part I: Chapter 1. Boyhood and Youth
- 6Chapter 2. First Years on the Geological Survey
- 7Chapter 3. “The Great Ice Age”: (1) Years of Preparation
- 8Chapter 4. “The Great Ice Age”: (2) Publication
- 9Chapter 5. Marriage and Life at Perth
- 10Chapter 6. Last Years on the Survey
- 11Chapter 7. Edinburgh and the Professorship
- 12Chapter 8. Final Edition of “The Great Ice Age”
- 13Chapter 9. Retirement from the Professorship and Last Days
- 14Part II: Chapter 10. The Glacial Problem before James Geikie
- 15Chapter 11. “The Great Ice Age” and “Prehistoric Europe”
- 16Chapter 12. Educational and Administrative Work
- 17Chapter 13. Interglacial Controversies
- 18LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
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