The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 12: January to June, 1921 (Classic Reprint)

J. McKeen Cattell

ISBN 10: 0243574843 / ISBN 13: 9780243574841

Published by Forgotten Books, 2018

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Print on Demand. This book examines how humanity's perception of history has transformed throughout the ages, focusing on how historical study has evolved from recording isolated events to recognizing long-term trends and continuities. The author, a notable scientist, underscores the influence of the evolutionary hypothesis and climate science on the interpretation of historical phenomena. The book explores how the study of earth sciences, particularly geology and paleontology, has deepened our understanding of past climates and the evolution of life on Earth, revealing the interconnectedness of historical events and the processes that have shaped our planet. By analyzing the continuous change observed in the natural world, this book challenges the notion of historical finality and encourages a nuanced understanding of human history within a scientific framework. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 12: January to June, 1921 (Classic Reprint)
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0243574843
• ISBN 13: 9780243574841
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: print-on-demand item
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sociology

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Excerpt from The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 12: January to June, 1921

Within the whole span of geological history and its continuous changes recorded, the phases of purely physical history presented do not show us in any of their various aspects definite progression or trend which may be described as an evolutionary process. It was once our practice to place emphasis on the geological history of the earth as the continuation of a graded or evolution series based on the succession of stages described in the nebular hypothesis. According to this view, we seemed to see in climatic evolution a gradual move ment away from the conditions of the primitive heated earth and toward the present temperature of a cooling sphere. We once thought we saw the early atmosphere fit only for lower organisms and later cleared and purified for the higher types of life. With better under standing of climatic history, it comes out more and more distinctly that while the earth's climate fluctuated continuously, there is no clear evidence of definite progression through a series of stages dependent on gradual cooling of a once highly heated globe.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.