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245 04 a| The origins of geology in Italy /c| edited by Gian Battista Vai and W. Glen E. Caldwell.;

260 a| Boulder, Colo. :b| Geological Society of America,c| 2006.;

300 a| xi, 223 pages :b| illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;c| 28 cm.;

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490 1 a| Special paper ;v| 411;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 0 a| Italian gemology during the Renaissance: a step toward modern mineralogy / Annibale Mottana -- Agricola and the birth of the mineralogical sciences in Italy in the sixteenth century / Nicoletta Morello -- Geology and the artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, mainly Florentine / David Branagan -- Ulisse Aldrovandi and the origin of geology and science / Gian Battista Vai, William Cavazza -- Kircher and Steno on the "geocosm," with a reassessment of the role of Gassendi's works / Toshihiro Yamada -- Steno, the fossils, the rocks, and the calendar of the Earth / Nicoletta Morello -- Isostasy in Luigi Ferdinando Marsili's manuscripts / Gian Battista Vai -- Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658-1730): a pioneer in geomorphological and archaeological surveying / Carlotta Franceschelli, Stefano Marabini -- Mattia Damiani (1705-1776), poet and scientist in eighteenth century Tuscany / Giancarlo Scalera -- The "classification" of mountains in eighteenth century Italy and the lithostratigraphic theory of Giovanni Arduino (1714-1795) / Ezio Vaccari -- The geological work of Gregory Watt, his travels with William Maclure in Italy (1801-1802), and Watt's "proto-geological" map of Italy (1804) / Hugh S. Torrens -- Giovan Battista Brocchi's Rome: a pioneering study in urban geology / Renato Funiciello, Claudio Caputo -- Leopoldo Pilla (1805-1848): a young combatant who lived for geology and died for his country / Bruno D'Argenio.;

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The origins of geology in Italy / edited by Gian Battista Vai and W. Glen E. Caldwell.

Other author	Vai, Gian Battista.
Other author	Caldwell, W. G. E., 1932-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2006.
Description	xi, 223 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm.
Subjects	Geology--Italy. --History.

Series	Special paper ; 411 Special papers (Geological Society of America) 411. ^A20279
Contents	Italian gemology during the Renaissance: a step toward modern mineralogy / Annibale Mottana -- Agricola and the birth of the mineralogical sciences in Italy in the sixteenth century / Nicoletta Morello -- Geology and the artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, mainly Florentine / David Branagan -- Ulisse Aldrovandi and the origin of geology and science / Gian Battista Vai, William Cavazza -- Kircher and Steno on the "geocosm," with a reassessment of the role of Gassendi's works / Toshihiro Yamada -- Steno, the fossils, the rocks, and the calendar of the Earth / Nicoletta Morello -- Isostasy in Luigi Ferdinando Marsili's manuscripts / Gian Battista Vai -- Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658-1730): a pioneer in geomorphological and archaeological surveying / Carlotta Franceschelli, Stefano Marabini -- Mattia Damiani (1705-1776), poet and scientist in eighteenth century Tuscany / Giancarlo Scalera -- The "classification" of mountains in eighteenth century Italy and the lithostratigraphic theory of Giovanni Arduino (1714-1795) / Ezio Vaccari -- The geological work of Gregory Watt, his travels with William Maclure in Italy (1801-1802), and Watt's "proto-geological" map of Italy (1804) / Hugh S. Torrens -- Giovan Battista Brocchi's Rome: a pioneering study in urban geology / Renato Funiciello, Claudio Caputo -- Leopoldo Pilla (1805-1848): a young combatant who lived for geology and died for his country / Bruno D'Argenio.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN	2006048167 2006043464
ISBN	0813724112 (pbk.)
ISBN	9780813724119

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