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Making deep history : zeal, perseverance, and the time revolution of 1859
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Title
Making deep history : zeal, perseverance, and the time revolution of 1859 / Clive Gamble.
ISBN
9780191913327 (ebook) :
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 12, 2021).
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Summary
The discovery of ancient stone implements alongside the bones of mammoths by John Evans and Joseph Prestwich in 1859 kicked open the door for a time revolution in human history. Clive Gamble explores the personalities of these revolutionaries and the significant impact their work had on the scientific advances of the next 160 years.
Variant and related titles
Oxford scholarship online.
Other formats
Print version :
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 30, 2021
Series
Oxford scholarship online
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience
Specialized.
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