Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth an..., Gould, Stephen
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General Interest Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time (The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures) Product Details: Category: Books ISBN: 0674891996 Title: Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time (The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures) The Fast Free Shipping Author: Gould Publisher: Harvard University Press Year Published: 1988 Number of Pages: 240 Book Binding: Paperback / softback Prizes: Book Condition: GOOD SKU: CIN0674891996G Item description Rarely has a scholar attained such popular acclaim merely by doing what he does best and enjoys most. But such is Stephen Jay Goulds command of paleontology and evolutionary theory, and his gift for brilliant explication, that he has brought dust and dead bones to life, and developed an immense following for the seeming arcana of this field.In Times Arrow, Times Cycle his subject is nothing less than geologys signal contribution to human thoughtthe discovery of deep time, the vastness of earths history, a history so ancient that we can comprehend it only as metaphor. He follows a single thread through three documents that mark the transition in our thinking from thousands to billions of years: Thomas Burnets four-volume Sacred Theory of the Earth (16801690), James Huttons Theory of the Earth (1795), and Charles Lyells three-volume Principles of Geology (18301833).Goulds major theme is the role of metaphor in the formulation and testing of scientific theoriesin this case the insight provided by the oldest traditional dichotomy of Judeo-Christian thought: the directionality of times arrow or the immanence of times cycle. Gould follows these metaphors through these three great documents and shows how their influence, more than the empirical observation of rocks in the field, provoked the supposed discovery of deep time by Hutton and Lyell. Gould breaks through the traditional cardboard history of geological textbooks (the progressive march to truth inspired by more and better observations) by showing that Burnet, the villain of conventional accounts, was a rationalist (not a theologically driven miracle-monger) whose rich reconstruction of earth history emphasized the need for both times arrow (narrative history) and times cycle (immanent laws), while Hutton and Lyell, our traditional heroes, denied the richness of history by their exclusive focus upon times arrow. Please note, the image is for illustrative purposes only, actual book cover, binding and edition may vary. Payment Delivery Customer Service About Us We only accept payments made through PayPal, either via a credit / debit card or a PayPal account. The average shipping times for our orders are as follows: North America: 2-9 Days If for some reason your order has not arrived within 15 Business days please get in contact with us so that we can help you. 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