The epochs of nature / Georges-Louis Leclerc, le comte de Buffon ; translated and edited by Jan Zalasiewicz, Anne-Sophie Milon, and Mateusz Zalasiewicz ; introduction by Jan Zalasiewicz, Sverker Sörlin, Libby Robin, and Jacques Grinevald ; illustrations by Anne-Sophie Milon.

Author/creator Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc
Other author Zalasiewicz, J. A.
Other author Milon, Anne-Sophie.
Other author Zalasiewicz, Mateusz.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Descriptionxxxiv, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Subjects
Natural history.

Uniform titleÉpoques de la nature. English
Contents Introduction: Buffon and the history of the Earth / Jan Zalasiewicz, Sverker Sörlin, Libby Robin, and Jacques Grinevald -- The epochs of nature -- First discourse -- First epoch: when the Earth and the planets took their form -- Second epoch: when matter, being consolidated, formed the interior rock of the globe and the great vitrescible masses that are at its surface -- Third epoch: when the waters covered our continents -- Fourth epoch: when the waters retreated and the volcanoes became active -- Fifth epoch: when the elephants and the other animals of the south lived in the north -- Sixth epoch: when the separation of continents was made -- Seventh and last epoch: when the power of man has assisted that of nature -- Justifying notes to the facts reported in the epochs of nature -- On the first discourse.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017029443
ISBN9780226395432 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN022639543X (cloth : alk. paper)

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