Principles of Geology: Volume 1, Paperback: An Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes now in Operation (Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science) - Softcover

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In 1830 the Scottish geologist Charles Lyell published a groundbreaking book that championed uniformitarianism, the belief that the changing features of the Earth's surface were produced by the consistent operation of physical, chemical, and biological processes over time. Lyell laid the foundations of evolutionary biology and profoundly influenced Charles Darwin.

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