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Bootstrap geologist [[electronic resource] ] : my life in science / / Gene Shinn
| Bootstrap geologist [[electronic resource] ] : my life in science / / Gene Shinn |
| Autore | Shinn Eugene A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
| Disciplina |
551.092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Geologists - United States
Geology - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8130-4749-8
0-8130-4506-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface: A modern horror story -- Beginnings and early years -- The Shell years -- The Netherlands and the Persian Gulf -- Return to Stateside Shell -- The U.S. Geological Survey -- St. Petersburg and a new beginning -- Epilogue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462882503321 |
Shinn Eugene A
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| Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bootstrap geologist [[electronic resource] ] : my life in science / / Gene Shinn
| Bootstrap geologist [[electronic resource] ] : my life in science / / Gene Shinn |
| Autore | Shinn Eugene A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
| Disciplina |
551.092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Geologists - United States
Geology - United States - History |
| ISBN |
0-8130-4749-8
0-8130-4506-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface: A modern horror story -- Beginnings and early years -- The Shell years -- The Netherlands and the Persian Gulf -- Return to Stateside Shell -- The U.S. Geological Survey -- St. Petersburg and a new beginning -- Epilogue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786120203321 |
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Shinn Eugene A
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| Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Grove Karl Gilbert [[electronic resource] ] : a great engine of research / / by Stephen J. Pyne
| Grove Karl Gilbert [[electronic resource] ] : a great engine of research / / by Stephen J. Pyne |
| Autore | Pyne Stephen J. <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina |
550.92
B |
| Collana | American land and life series |
| Soggetto topico | Geologists - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-58729-754-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Author's Note to the Paperback Edition; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. In a Nutshell; The Education of a Classicist; A Clerk in the Cosmos; Of Mastodons and Mathematics: The Cohoes Potholes; Cracking the Nutshell; 2. "Astride the occidental mule"; A Volunteer Assistant; "Labels written by the Creator": John Strong Newberry; "Hydrographical peculiarities"; West with Wheeler; "A systematic approach": The Geology of a Reconnaissance; The Lieutenant and the Major; 3. The Major Years; "The western fever"; By Virtue of Its Ensemble: Powell, Dutton, Gilbert
"Certain allied problems in mechanics": The Henry MountainsLanguages for a New Geology: Mechanics, Mathematics, Literature; The Society of a Geologist; 4. A Great Engine of Research; The Division of the Great Basin; The Revolving Chair: Chief Geologist of the U.S.Geological Survey; The Scientist as Aristocrat: George Ferdinand Becker; Lake Bonneville; Time's Ratio: The Meaning of Geologic History; "A little daft on the subject of the moon"; The Great Basin Mess; 5. Grade; A "buried star"; The Mean Plain; The Inculcation of Scientific Method The Text for a University Science: Thomas Chrowder ChamberlinAn Elder Statesman; 6. The Inculcation of Grove Karl Gilbert; Geophysics in the Giant Forest; Gilbert the Glaciologist; Gilbert the Geophysicist; Gilbert the Geomorphologist; The Cycle of Erosion: William Morris Davis; A New Life; Notes; Sources; Biographical Memoirs; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454063103321 |
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Pyne Stephen J. <1949->
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| Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Grove Karl Gilbert [[electronic resource] ] : a great engine of research / / by Stephen J. Pyne
| Grove Karl Gilbert [[electronic resource] ] : a great engine of research / / by Stephen J. Pyne |
| Autore | Pyne Stephen J. <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina |
550.92
B |
| Collana | American land and life series |
| Soggetto topico | Geologists - United States |
| ISBN | 1-58729-754-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Author's Note to the Paperback Edition; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. In a Nutshell; The Education of a Classicist; A Clerk in the Cosmos; Of Mastodons and Mathematics: The Cohoes Potholes; Cracking the Nutshell; 2. "Astride the occidental mule"; A Volunteer Assistant; "Labels written by the Creator": John Strong Newberry; "Hydrographical peculiarities"; West with Wheeler; "A systematic approach": The Geology of a Reconnaissance; The Lieutenant and the Major; 3. The Major Years; "The western fever"; By Virtue of Its Ensemble: Powell, Dutton, Gilbert
"Certain allied problems in mechanics": The Henry MountainsLanguages for a New Geology: Mechanics, Mathematics, Literature; The Society of a Geologist; 4. A Great Engine of Research; The Division of the Great Basin; The Revolving Chair: Chief Geologist of the U.S.Geological Survey; The Scientist as Aristocrat: George Ferdinand Becker; Lake Bonneville; Time's Ratio: The Meaning of Geologic History; "A little daft on the subject of the moon"; The Great Basin Mess; 5. Grade; A "buried star"; The Mean Plain; The Inculcation of Scientific Method The Text for a University Science: Thomas Chrowder ChamberlinAn Elder Statesman; 6. The Inculcation of Grove Karl Gilbert; Geophysics in the Giant Forest; Gilbert the Glaciologist; Gilbert the Geophysicist; Gilbert the Geomorphologist; The Cycle of Erosion: William Morris Davis; A New Life; Notes; Sources; Biographical Memoirs; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782759403321 |
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Pyne Stephen J. <1949->
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| Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Grove Karl Gilbert : a great engine of research / / by Stephen J. Pyne
| Grove Karl Gilbert : a great engine of research / / by Stephen J. Pyne |
| Autore | Pyne Stephen J. <1949-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina |
550.92
B |
| Collana | American land and life series |
| Soggetto topico | Geologists - United States |
| ISBN |
9781587297540
158729754X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Author's Note to the Paperback Edition; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. In a Nutshell; The Education of a Classicist; A Clerk in the Cosmos; Of Mastodons and Mathematics: The Cohoes Potholes; Cracking the Nutshell; 2. "Astride the occidental mule"; A Volunteer Assistant; "Labels written by the Creator": John Strong Newberry; "Hydrographical peculiarities"; West with Wheeler; "A systematic approach": The Geology of a Reconnaissance; The Lieutenant and the Major; 3. The Major Years; "The western fever"; By Virtue of Its Ensemble: Powell, Dutton, Gilbert
"Certain allied problems in mechanics": The Henry MountainsLanguages for a New Geology: Mechanics, Mathematics, Literature; The Society of a Geologist; 4. A Great Engine of Research; The Division of the Great Basin; The Revolving Chair: Chief Geologist of the U.S.Geological Survey; The Scientist as Aristocrat: George Ferdinand Becker; Lake Bonneville; Time's Ratio: The Meaning of Geologic History; "A little daft on the subject of the moon"; The Great Basin Mess; 5. Grade; A "buried star"; The Mean Plain; The Inculcation of Scientific Method The Text for a University Science: Thomas Chrowder ChamberlinAn Elder Statesman; 6. The Inculcation of Grove Karl Gilbert; Geophysics in the Giant Forest; Gilbert the Glaciologist; Gilbert the Geophysicist; Gilbert the Geomorphologist; The Cycle of Erosion: William Morris Davis; A New Life; Notes; Sources; Biographical Memoirs; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910973877603321 |
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Pyne Stephen J. <1949->
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| Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Maclure of New Harmony [[electronic resource] ] : scientist, progressive educator, radical philanthropist / / Leonard Warren
| Maclure of New Harmony [[electronic resource] ] : scientist, progressive educator, radical philanthropist / / Leonard Warren |
| Autore | Warren Leonard <1924-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | xii, 343 p., [13] p. of plates : ill |
| Disciplina | 973.5092 B |
| Soggetto topico |
Geologists - United States
Geological surveys - United States - History - 19th century Educators - United States Educational change - United States - History - 19th century Social reformers - United States Utopias - United States - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-29341-9
9786612293412 0-253-00330-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454951103321 |
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Warren Leonard <1924->
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| Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Maclure of New Harmony [[electronic resource] ] : scientist, progressive educator, radical philanthropist / / Leonard Warren
| Maclure of New Harmony [[electronic resource] ] : scientist, progressive educator, radical philanthropist / / Leonard Warren |
| Autore | Warren Leonard <1924-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | xii, 343 p., [13] p. of plates : ill |
| Disciplina | 973.5092 B |
| Soggetto topico |
Geologists - United States
Geological surveys - United States - History - 19th century Educators - United States Educational change - United States - History - 19th century Social reformers - United States Utopias - United States - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
1-282-29341-9
9786612293412 0-253-00330-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778584303321 |
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Warren Leonard <1924->
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| Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Memorials - The Geological Society of America
| Memorials - The Geological Society of America |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colo., : Geological Society of America |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina |
550/.92/2
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Geologists - United States
Geologists Géologues - États-Unis Géologues geologists |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910379659303321 |
| Boulder, Colo., : Geological Society of America | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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