Bowler, Peter J. The Norton history of the environmental sciences / [electronic resource] / Peter J. Bowler.. — 1st American ed.. — New York : : W.W. Norton,, 1993.. — xvii, 634 p. : : ill., maps ; 22 cm. - Norton history of science.

Originally published in England under the title: The Fontana history of the environmental sciences, c1992.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [554]-606) and index.

Plate Tectonics -- 10. Darwinism Triumphant. Science and Ideology. The Evolutionary Synthesis. Animal Behaviour -- 11. Ecology and Environmentalism. Changing Values. Ecology Comes of Age. Modern Ecology.



Анотація:
Chronicles humanity's quest to understand its own origins, synthesizing discoveries in geography, geology, and evolutionary biology.

ISBN: 0393035352 : $35.00 ($45.00 Can.) 9780393035353 0393310426 (pbk.) 9780393310429 (pbk.)

LCCN: 93019049

Nat. Bib. No.: B9535589

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Environmental sciences--History.
Milieukunde.
Sciences de l'environnement--Histoire.
Umweltwissenschaften
Geschichte

LC Class. No.: GE50 / .B68 1993

Dewey Class. No.: 363.7/009