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James Geikie, the Man and the Geologist

by Marion I. Newbigin

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  1. 1Variant Spelling Is Retained
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Part I — Life and Letters — Chapter I — Boyhood and Youth 1839–1861
  4. 4Chapter II — First Years on the Geological Survey 1862–1864
  5. 5Chapter III — “The Great Ice Age”: (1) Years of Preparation 1865–1871
  6. 6Chapter IV — “The Great Ice Age”: (2) Publication 1872–1874
  7. 7Chapter V — Marriage and Life at Perth 1875–1877
  8. 8Chapter VI — Last Years on the Survey 1878–1882
  9. 9Chapter VII — Edinburgh and the Professorship 1882–1888
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Final Edition of “The Great Ice Age” 1889–1903
  11. 11Chapter IX — Retirement From the Professorship and Last Days 1904–1915
  12. 12Part II — Geological Work — Chapter X — The Glacial Problem Before…
  13. 13Chapter XI — “The Great Ice Age” and “Prehistoric Europe”
  14. 14Chapter XII — Educational and Administrative Work
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Interglacial Controversies
  16. 16List of Publications

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