Ray Perman

James Hutton

The Genius of Time

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first complete biography of James Hutton, the father of modern geology, who was also a man of immensely wide-ranging intellectual achievements and one of the Scottish Enlightenment's brightest stars.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Birlinn
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 285g
• ISBN-13: 9781836920038
• ISBN-10: 1836920032
• Artikelnr.: 76256065

Autorenporträt

Ray Perman, a writer and journalist for 30 years, was chair of the James Hutton Institute and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, of which Hutton was a founder member. His previous books include The Rise and Fall of the City of Money and The Man Who Gave Away His Island.