This essay explores recent works in the history of the earth with particular reference to two books: Rienk Vermij, Thinking on Earthquakes in Early Modern Europe: Firm Beliefs on Shaky Ground. London and New York: Routledge, 2021. 266 pp. isbn: 9780367492182, AND: Strata: William Smith’s Geological Maps, ed. Oxford Museum of Natural History, with an introduction by Douglas Palmer and with a Foreword by Robert Macfarlane. London: Thames and Hudson, 2020. 256 pp. 500 color plates. isbn: 9780500252475. It provides an analysis of the recent historiography in the history of science and how this connects with larger historiographical trends.
azzolini, m. (2023). Under the Surface: Recent Histories of the Earth and the History of Science. NUNCIUS, 38(2), 445-463.
Under the Surface: Recent Histories of the Earth and the History of Science
azzolini, monica
2023
Abstract
This essay explores recent works in the history of the earth with particular reference to two books: Rienk Vermij, Thinking on Earthquakes in Early Modern Europe: Firm Beliefs on Shaky Ground. London and New York: Routledge, 2021. 266 pp. isbn: 9780367492182, AND: Strata: William Smith’s Geological Maps, ed. Oxford Museum of Natural History, with an introduction by Douglas Palmer and with a Foreword by Robert Macfarlane. London: Thames and Hudson, 2020. 256 pp. 500 color plates. isbn: 9780500252475. It provides an analysis of the recent historiography in the history of science and how this connects with larger historiographical trends.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
