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<p>After many diversions, finished reading the third volume of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0226497992/sialorg-20">Principles of Geology</a>. Lengthy, yet well reasoned, with heavy use of field evidence, rather than groundless arguments based on myopic local evidence or, worse, armchair speculations—plastic virtues, violent revolutions, diluvian flimflam. Lyell’s detailed field studies and reasoning from this evidence put the then young science of Geology on excellent footing.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0226497976/sialorg-20">Volume 2</a> is the shortest, and concerns itself with the distribution and changes of species over time. Reading just this volume would make an excellent introduction to <u>The Origin Of Species</u>, as Darwin’s argument is based heavily on the work of Lyell.</p> <!-- technorati tags start --><p style="text-align:right;font-size:10px;">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/geology" rel="tag">geology</a></p><!-- technorati tags end --> <br /> 2009-05-31T00:11:58-0700 363