Principles of Geology

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book geology book non-fiction book

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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Principles of Geology canonical	8
Principles of Geology, Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation	1

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instanceOf	book ⓘ geology book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ
author	Charles Lyell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
field	Earth science ⓘ geology ⓘ
firstVolumePublicationYear	1830 ⓘ
fullTitle	Principles of Geology self-linksurface differs ⓘ 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
genre	geology ⓘ science ⓘ
hasEdition	multiple revised editions ⓘ
hasPart	Volume I ⓘ Volume II ⓘ Volume III ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance	foundation for later geological time-scale work ⓘ landmark work in the history of geology ⓘ
impact	helped establish geology as a modern science ⓘ popularized uniformitarianism among scientists ⓘ shaped scientific views of Earth’s antiquity ⓘ
influenced	Charles Darwin ⓘ evolutionary theory ⓘ modern geology ⓘ
influencedBy	James Hutton ⓘ James Hutton ⓘ surface form: John Playfair
keyConcept	actualism ⓘ deep time ⓘ gradual geological change ⓘ present is the key to the past ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
notableIdea	explanation of geological features by observable causes ⓘ slow, continuous geological processes ⓘ
opposedTheory	catastrophism ⓘ
placeOfPublication	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
publicationYear	1830 ⓘ
publisher	John Murray ⓘ
secondVolumePublicationYear	1832 ⓘ
subject	Earth history ⓘ 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

The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man → influencedBy → Principles of Geology ⓘ

The Elements of Geology → relatedWork → Principles of Geology ⓘ

Volume III → partOf → Principles of Geology ⓘ

Volume III → titleSeries → Principles of Geology ⓘ

Theory of the Earth → influenced → Principles of Geology ⓘ

Lyell family → notableWork → Principles of Geology ⓘ

subject surface form: Sir Charles Lyell

John Murray (London) → notableWorkPublished → Principles of Geology ⓘ