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- Title Pages
- Epigraph
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Footnotes, References, and Quotations
- Introduction
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Part One -
chapter 1 Cuvier's Model for Geohistory (1817–25) -
Chapter 2 Monsters From Deep Time (1819–24) -
Chapter 3 The new stratigraphy (1817–25) -
Chapter 4 Outlines of life's history (1818–27) -
Chapter 5 Ancient monsters on land (1818–25) -
Chapter 6 Geological deluge and biblical Flood (1819–24) -
Chapter 7 The role of actual causes (1818–24) -
Chapter 8 The dynamic earth (1818–24) - Concluding (UN) Scientific Postscript
- Index
(p.9) Part One
(p.9) Part One
- Source:
- Worlds Before Adam
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
DOI:10.7208/chicago/9780226731308.011.0001
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- Title Pages
- Epigraph
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Footnotes, References, and Quotations
- Introduction
-
Part One -
chapter 1 Cuvier's Model for Geohistory (1817–25) -
Chapter 2 Monsters From Deep Time (1819–24) -
Chapter 3 The new stratigraphy (1817–25) -
Chapter 4 Outlines of life's history (1818–27) -
Chapter 5 Ancient monsters on land (1818–25) -
Chapter 6 Geological deluge and biblical Flood (1819–24) -
Chapter 7 The role of actual causes (1818–24) -
Chapter 8 The dynamic earth (1818–24) - Concluding (UN) Scientific Postscript
- Index
