The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of Earth's Antiquity.(Book Review) From: Science News | Date: August 23, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

JACK REPCHECK

Although widely regarded as the father of modern geology, James Hutton is hardly a household name. As Repcheck deftly explains, this Scottish farmer had proof in 1788 that Earth was far older than 6,000 years, as claimed in the Bible, but he struggled to convey his ideas to scientists and the public. Hutton understood that Earth constantly restores itself through the forces of wind and rain, tides and waves, and volcanoes and ea...

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	The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of Earth's Antiquity.(Book Review) Science News ; JACK REPCHECK Although widely regarded as the father of modern geology, James Hutton is hardly a household name. As Repcheck deftly explains, this Scottish farmer had proof in 1788 that Earth was far older than 6,000 years, as claimed in the Bible, but he struggled to convey his ideas to scientists
	Reviews: Revolutions in the Earth: James Hutton and the True Age of the Earth: The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth's Antiquity: How James Hutton rocked the world The Scotsman ; Revolutions in the Earth: James Hutton and the True Age of the Earth by Stephen Baxter Weidenfeld & Nicolson, GBP 16.99 The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth's Antiquity by Jack Repcheck Simon & Schuster, GBP 15.99 NOT five minutes' walk from this newspaper office, on
	Siccar Point and Teaching the History of Geology Journal of Geoscience Education ; ABSTRACT The concept of the rock cycle and the "indefinite" length of geologic time were outlined first by James Hutton before he had ever seen an unconformity. Hutton drew general support of his theory from existing observations of unconformities from accounts in French, which he re-interpreted in
	Genius that time forgot The 'unknown' scientist who gave us evolution, geology and the true age of the Earth Daily Mail ; HE was born on June 3 when the world was still only a few thousand years old. But by the time he died, it had been around for several million years and his own birthday had become June 14. He changed the way we look at the Earth, 'invented' geology, gave evolution the time it needed to work its
	Arrest in body in garden case.(News) The Mirror (London, England) ; Police have arrested a 33-year-old man after a corpse was discovered in his garden. The body of James Hutton, 44, was found in Milton, Glasgow, early yesterday morning.
	Big Idea.(Features) Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) ; JAMES HUTTON, the Father of Geology, was born in Edinburgh in 1726 - in view of Arthur's Seat. Perhaps it was this ancient volcano which inspired his big idea that the Earth's rocks have changed very slowly over an immensely long period. At the time, his conclusions were shattering - because most
	Book Reviews: Timely reminder of Scot scientist.(Features) The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) ; Byline: CATHY MAYER The Man Who Found Time by Jack Repcheck. Published by Simon & Schuster. pounds 15.99 (hardback). DARWIN, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton instantly recognised as great men of science. But who has heard of James Hutton? According to Jack Repcheck, this little-known Scot deserves
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