Originally published in England under the title: The Fontana history of the environmental sciences.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 554-606) and index.
Contents
The problem of perception -- The ancient and medieval worlds -- Renaissance and revolution -- Theories of the earth -- Nature and the enlightenment -- The Heroic Age -- The philosophical naturalists -- The age of evolution -- The earth sciences -- Darwinism triumphant -- Ecology and environmentalism.
