Time's arrow, time's cycle : myth and metaphor in the discovery of Geological time

By:

Gould, Stephen Jay

Publication details: London Harvard University Press 2001Description: xv,222pISBN:

9780674891999

DDC classification:

551.70109 GOU

Contents:

Contents 1. The Discovery of Deep Time 1 Deep Time 1 Myths of Deep Time 3 On Dichotomy 8 Time's Arrow and Time's Cycle 10 Caveats 16 2. Thomas Burnet's Battleground of Time 21 Burner's Frontispiece 21 The Burnet of Textbooks 23 Science versus Religion? 24 Burner's Methodology 26 The Physics of History 30 Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Conflict and Resolution 41 Burnet and Steno as Intellectual Partners in the Light of Time's Arrow and Time's Cycle 51 3. James Hutton’s Theory of the Earth: A Machine without a History Picturing the Abyss of Time 61 Hutton's World Machine and the Provision of Deep Time 63 The Hutton of Legend 66 Hutton Disproves His Legend 70 The Sources of Necessary Cyclicity 73 Hutton's Paradox: Or Why the Discoverer of Deep Time Denied History 80 Borges's Dilemma and Hutton's Motto 92 Playfair: A Boswell with a Difference 93 ~ A Word in Conclusion and Prospect 96 4. Charles Lyell, Historian of Time’ s Cycle 99 The Case of Professor Ichthyosaurus 99 Charles Lyell, Self-Made in Cardboard 104 Lyell's Rhetorical Triumph: The Miscasting of Catastrophism 115 Lyell's Défense of Time's Cycle 132 Lyell, Historian of Time's Cycle 150 The Partial Unravelling of Lyell's World View 167 Epilogue 178 5. Boundaries 181 Hampton's Throne and Burnet's Frontispiece 181 The Deeper Themes of Arrows and Cycles 191 Bibliography 211 Index 217

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Contents
1. The Discovery of Deep Time 1
Deep Time 1
Myths of Deep Time 3
On Dichotomy 8
Time's Arrow and Time's Cycle 10
Caveats 16
2. Thomas Burnet's Battleground of Time 21
Burner's Frontispiece 21
The Burnet of Textbooks 23
Science versus Religion? 24
Burner's Methodology 26
The Physics of History 30
Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Conflict and Resolution 41
Burnet and Steno as Intellectual Partners in the Light of Time's Arrow and Time's Cycle 51
3. James Hutton’s Theory of the Earth: A Machine without a History
Picturing the Abyss of Time 61
Hutton's World Machine and the Provision of Deep Time 63
The Hutton of Legend 66
Hutton Disproves His Legend 70
The Sources of Necessary Cyclicity 73
Hutton's Paradox: Or Why the Discoverer of Deep Time Denied History 80
Borges's Dilemma and Hutton's Motto 92
Playfair: A Boswell with a Difference 93 ~
A Word in Conclusion and Prospect 96
4. Charles Lyell, Historian of Time’ s Cycle 99
The Case of Professor Ichthyosaurus 99
Charles Lyell, Self-Made in Cardboard 104
Lyell's Rhetorical Triumph: The Miscasting
of Catastrophism 115
Lyell's Défense of Time's Cycle 132
Lyell, Historian of Time's Cycle 150
The Partial Unravelling of Lyell's World View 167
Epilogue 178
5. Boundaries 181
Hampton's Throne and Burnet's Frontispiece 181
The Deeper Themes of Arrows and Cycles 191
Bibliography 211
Index 217

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