By Stephen J. Pyne
ISBN-10: 1587296187
ISBN-13: 9781587296185
Gilbert knew such a lot of geology's grand figures--including John Wesley Powell, Clarence Dutton, and Clarence King--and Pyne's chronicle of the imperturbable, quietly unconventional Gilbert is couterpointed with sketches of those in demand scientists. the guy who wrote that "happiness is sitting below a tent with partitions uplifted, simply after a quick shower,", created solutions to the bigger questions of the earth in ways in which became classics of his science.
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