{"product_id":"9789069843896","title":"Dutch Pioneers in Earth Sciences","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe papers collected in this volume, given at a Dutch history of science symposium, present a historical survey of Dutch contributions to earth science. Topics covered include: the pioneering stratigraphic studies of the eighteenth-century naturalist Francq van Berkhey; the 1863 geology lectures of Staring and his geological map of the Netherlands; the Maastricht Cretaceous finds in the emergence of Dutch vertebrate palaeontology; and the founding of ground water hydrology in the Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also features two hallmark studies by Dutch scholars: a previously unpublished mineralogical treatise by Wiechmann, and a study of the suitability of Haüy's crystal models to identify minerals. These collected papers together form a signal contribution to the Dutch history of science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edita-The Publishing House of the Royal Netherlands Academy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058400313584,"sku":"9789069843896","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789069843896","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}