International audienceIn 1778-1779, the word geology is introduced quite simultaneously by Jean-André Deluc in his Letters upon the History of Mountains and by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure in his Travels in the Alps. Yet, the term refers to two completely different visions of a nascent discipline. Deluc conceives it as a kind of terrestrial cosmology channelled towards a history of the Earth and Man. Expected to unveil the details of the Deluge and the days of Creation, this term has the moral task of proving the truth of the Scripture and the existence of a benevolent God. Its empirical basis lies in the study of fossils and their comparison with living species. When geological traces are missing, Earth history can also be reconstructed fro...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceBetween 1850 and 2000, the geological research at the university of Grenoble h...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceIn 1778-1779, the word geology is introduced quite simultaneously by Jean-Andr...
SUMMARY. — France presents three kinds of geological and geomorphic landscapes, each of which is qui...
International audienceThe detailed chronological analysis of the scientific trajectory of de Saussur...
International audienceThe detailed chronological analysis of the scientific trajectory of de Saussur...
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explored alpine caves. Hora...
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explored alpine caves. Hora...
Ce livre introductif de géologie a pour but de mettre à la disposition du lecteur les bases essentie...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceThe Discours sur les révolutions de la surface du globe, published in 1825 by ...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceBetween 1850 and 2000, the geological research at the university of Grenoble h...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceIn 1778-1779, the word geology is introduced quite simultaneously by Jean-Andr...
SUMMARY. — France presents three kinds of geological and geomorphic landscapes, each of which is qui...
International audienceThe detailed chronological analysis of the scientific trajectory of de Saussur...
International audienceThe detailed chronological analysis of the scientific trajectory of de Saussur...
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explored alpine caves. Hora...
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explored alpine caves. Hora...
Ce livre introductif de géologie a pour but de mettre à la disposition du lecteur les bases essentie...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceThe Discours sur les révolutions de la surface du globe, published in 1825 by ...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...
International audienceBetween 1850 and 2000, the geological research at the university of Grenoble h...
International audienceHorace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), the summitter of Mont-Blanc who explo...