Principles of Geology
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Principles of Geology is Charles Lyell’s landmark 19th-century work that popularized uniformitarianism and fundamentally shaped modern geological science and Charles Darwin’s thinking on Earth’s history.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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geology book → non-fiction book → |
| author | Charles Lyell → |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom → |
| field |
Earth science
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geology → |
| firstVolumePublicationYear | 1830 → |
| fullTitle |
Principles of Geology
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surface form: "Principles of Geology, Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation"
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| genre |
geology
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science → |
| hasEdition | multiple revised editions → |
| hasPart |
Volume I
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Volume II → Volume III → |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century → |
| historicalSignificance |
foundation for later geological time-scale work
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landmark work in the history of geology → |
| impact |
helped establish geology as a modern science
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popularized uniformitarianism among scientists → shaped scientific views of Earth’s antiquity → |
| influenced |
Charles Darwin
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evolutionary theory → modern geology → |
| influencedBy |
James Hutton
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James Hutton →
surface form: "John Playfair"
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| keyConcept |
actualism
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deep time → gradual geological change → present is the key to the past → |
| language | English → |
| mediaType | print → |
| notableIdea |
explanation of geological features by observable causes
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slow, continuous geological processes → |
| opposedTheory | catastrophism → |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form: "London"
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| publicationYear | 1830 → |
| publisher | John Murray → |
| secondVolumePublicationYear | 1832 → |
| subject |
Earth history
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geological processes → geomorphology → paleontology → stratigraphy → uniformitarianism → |
| theoryPromoted | uniformitarianism → |
| thirdVolumePublicationYear | 1833 → |
| usedBy | Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle → |
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this entity surface form: "Principles of Geology, Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation"