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Louis Figuier (1819-94) was destined to remain in academia until disagreements with fellow scholars led him to abandon this path and instead pursue 'the idea that scientific kwledge, which until then had been almost exclusively the property of the learned, should be put within the reach of the reading public'. Published in 1863, La Terre avant le deluge became a classic of popular science and introduced palaeontology to a wider readership; that this English translation appeared only two years later is an indication of its impact. Figuier wrote that his aim was 'to trace the progressive steps by which the earth has reached its present state ...and to describe the various convulsions and transformations through which it has successively passed'. The book was also celebrated for its inclusion of more than 200 illustrations by a pupil of Dore, Edouard Riou (1833-1900), who became famous as Jules Verne's illustrator a few years later.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101108062474
ISBN-139781108062473
eBay Product ID (ePID)148718412
Product Key Features
Number of Pages524 Pages
Publication NameWorld before the Deluge
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
SubjectEarth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, Palaeontology
TypeTextbook
AuthorLouis Figuier
Subject AreaScience
SeriesCambridge Library Collection-Earth Science Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight23.4 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Height216mm
Width140mm
Weight660g
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Place of PublicationCambridge
Spine30mm
Series TitleCambridge Library Collection-Earth Science
Translated byHenry W. Bristow
Country of PublicationUnited Kingdom
Content Note34b/W Illus.
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