Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Affiliated Research Scholars

Martin Rudwick

Professor Emeritus of History, University of California San Diego

Research interests: History of earth sciences

Selected publications

  • Bursting the Limits of Time: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Revolution (Chicago, 2005)
  • Lyell and Darwin, Geologists: Studies in the Earth Sciences in the Age of Reform (Ashgate, 2005)
  • The New Science of Geology: Studies in the Earth Sciences in the Age of Revolution (Ashgate, 2004)
  • Georges Cuvier, Fossil Bones, and Geological Catastrophes (Chicago, 1997)
  • Scenes from Deep Time: Early Pictorial Images of the Prehistoric World (Chicago, 1992)
  • The Great Devonian Controversy: The Shaping of Scientific Knowledge among Gentlemanly Specialists (Chiacago, 1985)
  • The Meaning of Fossils: Essays in the History of Palaeontology (2nd. ed., Chicago, 1985)