Lyell Publishes His Principles of Geology
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Education, Literature, Publishing, Science
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Scientists, Earth Sciences, Geology, Geologists
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, British History
- Geographical Location: London
- Date: July, 1830
Article abstract: Lyell publishes his Principles of Geology, rejecting catastrophic geological change, drastically expanding the earth’s age, and making Darwinian evolution conceptually possible.
Summary of Event
Charles Lyell’s uniformitarianism was a determined effort to separate geology from the biblical view of creation and place it on the same footing as the general sciences. As such, it was part of a tradition dating back to the French mathematician René Descartes (1596-1650), who tried to detach astronomy from religion by arguing that...
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