{"product_id":"principles-of-geology-isbn-9780140435283","title":"Principles of Geology","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the key works in the nineteenth-century battle between science and Scripture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Lyell's \u003ci\u003ePrinciples of Geology\u003c\/i\u003e (1830-33) sought to explain the geological state of the modern Earth by considering the long-term effects of observable natural phenomena. Written with clarity and a dazzling intellectual passion, it is both a seminal work of modern geology and a compelling precursor to Darwinism, exploring the evidence for radical changes in climate and geography across the ages and speculating on the progressive development of life. A profound influence on Darwin, \u003ci\u003ePrinciples of Geology\u003c\/i\u003e also captured the imagination of contemporaries such as Melville, Emerson, Tennyson and George Eliot, transforming science with its depiction of the powerful forces that shape the natural world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ci\u003eEdited with an Introduction by James A. Secord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumbers in italics refer to chapters included only as summaries or in brief extracts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003eA Note on This Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume I (1830)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1: Objects and Nature of Geology\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e2\u003c\/i\u003e-4: Historical Sketch of the Progress of Geology\u003cbr\u003e5: Theoretical Errors which have Retarded the Progress of Geology\u003cbr\u003e6: Assumed Discordance of the Ancient and Existing Causes of Change Controverted - Climate\u003cbr\u003e7: Climate, continued\u003cbr\u003e8: Climate, continued\u003cbr\u003e9. Theory of the Progressive Development of Organic Life\u003cbr\u003e10-\u003ci\u003e17\u003c\/i\u003e: Aqueous Causes\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e18\u003c\/i\u003e-22: Igneous Causes\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e23\u003c\/i\u003e-24: Earthquakes and their Effects\u003cbr\u003e25: Earthquakes, continued - Temple of Serapis\u003cbr\u003e26. Causes of Earthquakes and Volcanos\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume II (1832)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1: Changes of the Organic World - Reality of Species\u003cbr\u003e2: Theory of the Transmutation of Species Untenable\u003cbr\u003e3: Limits of the Variability of Species\u003cbr\u003e4: Hybrids\u003cbr\u003e5-7: Geographical Distribution of Species\u003cbr\u003e8: Changes in the Animate World, which Tend to the Extinction of Species\u003cbr\u003e9: Changes in the Animate World, which Tend to the Extinction of Species, continued\u003cbr\u003e10: Changes in the Inorganic World, Tending to the Extinction of Species\u003cbr\u003e11: Whether the Extinction and Creation of Species Can Now be in Progress\u003cbr\u003e12: Modifications in Physical Geography Caused by Plants, the Inferior Animals, and Man\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e13\u003c\/i\u003e-16, \u003ci\u003e17\u003c\/i\u003e: How the Remains of Man and his Works are becoming Fossil beneath the Waters\u003cbr\u003e18: Corals and Coral Reefs\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume III (1833)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1: Methods of Theorizing in Geology\u003cbr\u003e2: General Arrangement of the Materials Composing the Earth's Crust\u003cbr\u003e3: Different Circumstances under which the Secondary and Tertiary Formations may have Originated\u003cbr\u003e4: Determination of the Relative Ages of Rocks\u003cbr\u003e5: Classification of Tertiary Formations in Chronological Order\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e6\u003c\/i\u003e-7: Newer Pliocene Formations - Sicily\u003cbr\u003e8: Rocks of the Same Age in Etna\u003cbr\u003e9: Origin of the Newer Pliocene Strata of Sicily\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e10-26\u003c\/i\u003e: Former Changes of the Earth's Surface\u003cbr\u003eConcluding Remarks\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography of Reviews\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Charles Lyell \u003c\/b\u003e(1797-1875) was a British geologist most famous for his great geological opus: \u003ci\u003eThe Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes now in Operation\u003c\/i\u003e (3 vols 1830-33).","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304393232613,"sku":"NP9780140435283","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140435283.jpg?v=1767735128","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/principles-of-geology-isbn-9780140435283","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}