A Long Life's Work
A Long Life's Work
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USDDespite never graduating from university, Sir Archibald Geikie (1835–1924) forged an exceptionally successful scientific career. In 1855 he was appointed to the Scottish branch of the Geological Survey, and by 1882 was Director General of the Survey. In keeping with his Edinburgh beginnings, most of his career was spent studying igneous rocks. He was a prolific and gifted writer, producing textbooks, popular science books and biographical and historical works, including the influential Founders of Geology (1897), as well as numerous technical publications. The only geologist to hold the post of President of The Royal Society (1908–12), he also served as President of the Geological Society of London and the British Association, and received an array of honorary degrees and medals. This autobiography, published in the year of his death, provides a readable, personal account of the life of one of the great scientific figures of the nineteenth century.
Product details
April 2012Paperback
9781108048392
448 pages
216 × 140 × 25 mm
0.57kg
2 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- 1. 1835–50. Boyhood and school-life
- 2. 1850–5. A wrong start. How things were righted
- 3. 1855–60. First years in the Geological Survey
- 4. 1860–7. Lecturing at the School of Mines. First journeys abroad. Directorate of Geological Survey of Scotland
- 5. 1867–71. Start of the Geological Survey of Scotland
- 6. 1871–82. Creation of a Chair of Geology in the University of Edinburgh
- 7. 1882–91. First years of the Director-Generalship of the Geological Survey
- 8. 1892–6. Miscellaneous duties of the Director-General
- 9. 1897. The 'wanderjahr' of a geologist
- 10. 1898–1903. Last years in the Geological Survey
- 11. 1903–8. Secretaryship of the Royal Society
- 12. 1908–13. President of the Royal Society
- 13. Retirement in the country
- Appendix
- Index.
