IN HIS TIME ON EARTH, HE DEFINED ITS AGE

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: June 24, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

To most people, geology isn't very sexy. Glamorous fields like biology, paleontology, and astronomy seem to get all the attention. So, you've probably never heard of 18th-century Scottish geologist James Hutton. Jack Repcheck believes you should, and has written Hutton's biography, "The Man Who Found Time."

Hutton was the first scientist to present compelling evidence about the true nature of the Earth's age. He realized that the Earth had been constantly shaped and reshaped by achingly slow processes, such as erosion, sedimentation, and subterranean heat, processes that are still active ...

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