Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle

Zusammenfassung Stephen Jay Gould's subject is nothing less than geology's signal contribution to human thought-the discovery of "deep time!" the vastness of earth's history! a history so ancient that we can comprehend it only as metaphor. Informationen zum Autor Stephen Jay Gould was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard University and Vincent Astor Visiting Professor of Biology at New York University. A MacArthur Prize Fellow! he received innumerable honors and awards and wrote many books! including Ontogeny and Phylogeny and Time's Arrow! Time's Cycle (both from Harvard). Klappentext Gould's subject is nothing less than geology's signal contribution to human thought--the discovery of "deep time"! a history so ancient that we can best comprehend it as metaphor. Inhaltsverzeichnis *1. The Discovery of Deep Time * Deep Time * Myths of Deep Time * On Dichotomy * Time's Arrow and Time's Cycle * Caveats *2. Thomas Burnet's Battleground of Time * Burner's Frontispiece * The Burnet of Textbooks * Science versus Religion? * Burnet's Methodology * The Physics of History * Time's Arrow! Time's Cycle: Conflict and Resolution * Burnet and Steno as Intellectual Partners in the Light of Time's Arrow and Time's Cycle *3. James Hutton's Theory of the Earth: A Machine without a History * Picturing the Abyss of Time * Hutton's World Machine and the Provision of Deep Time * The Hutton of Legend * Hutton Disproves His Legend * The Sources of Necessary Cyclicity * Hutton's Paradox: Or! Why the Discoverer of Deep Time Denied History * Borges's Dilemma and Hutton's Motto * Playfair: A Boswell with a Difference * A Word in Conclusion and Prospect *4. Charles Lyell! Historian of Time's Cycle * The Case of Professor Ichthyosaurus * Charles Lyell! Self-Made in Cardboard * Lyell's Rhetorical Triumph: The Miscasting of Catastrophism * Lyell's Defense of Time's Cycle * Lyell! Historian of Time's Cycle * The Partial Unraveling of Lyell's World View * Epilogue *5. Boundaries * Hampton's Throne and Burnet's Frontispiece * The Deeper Themes of Arrows and Cycles * Bibliography * Index ...

Autorentext
Stephen Jay Gould

Klappentext
Gould's subject is nothing less than geology's signal contribution to human thought--the discovery of "deep time", a history so ancient that we can best comprehend it as metaphor.

Inhalt
1. The Discovery of Deep Time Deep Time Myths of Deep Time On Dichotomy Time's Arrow and Time's Cycle Caveats 2. Thomas Burnet's Battleground of Time Burner's Frontispiece The Burnet of Textbooks Science versus Religion? Burnet's Methodology The Physics of History Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Conflict and Resolution Burnet and Steno as Intellectual Partners in the Light of Time's Arrow and Time's Cycle 3. James Hutton's Theory of the Earth: A Machine without a History Picturing the Abyss of Time Hutton's World Machine and the Provision of Deep Time The Hutton of Legend Hutton Disproves His Legend The Sources of Necessary Cyclicity Hutton's Paradox: Or, Why the Discoverer of Deep Time Denied History Borges's Dilemma and Hutton's Motto Playfair: A Boswell with a Difference A Word in Conclusion and Prospect 4. Charles Lyell, Historian of Time's Cycle The Case of Professor Ichthyosaurus Charles Lyell, Self-Made in Cardboard Lyell's Rhetorical Triumph: The Miscasting of Catastrophism Lyell's Defense of Time's Cycle Lyell, Historian of Time's Cycle The Partial Unraveling of Lyell's World View Epilogue 5. Boundaries Hampton's Throne and Burnet's Frontispiece The Deeper Themes of Arrows and Cycles Bibliography Index

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