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- The existing premises, wholly altered by geologic science, are no longer those of Hume. The foot-print in the sand-to refer to his… — Hugh Miller
- The rocks are not so close akin to us as the soil; they are one more remove from us; but they lie… — John Burroughs
- The six thousand years of human history form but a portion of the geologic day that is passing over us: they do… — Hugh Miller
- Experiments in geology are far more difficult than in physics and chemistry because of the greater size of the objects, commonly outside… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
- [The] subjective [historical] element in geologic studies accounts for two characteristic types that can be distinguished among geologists: one considering geology as… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
- Nature is a book of many pages and each page tells a fascinating story to him who learns her language. Our fertile… — Unknown Author
- Please remain calm: The Earth will heal itself - Climate is beyond our power to control...Earth doesn't care about governments or their… — Robert B. Laughlin
- As a geologist, I love Earth observations, but it is ridiculous to tie this objective to a 'consensus' that humans are causing… — Harrison Schmitt
- The charge that the construction of the geologic scale involves circularity has a certain amount of validity. ...Thus, the procedure is far… — David M. Raup
- Although it is tempting to think of these natural landscapes as reflecting a stability in climactic and geologic forces, long periods of… — David Holmgren
- What we initially conceived as a fairly simple geologic experiment on Mars ultimately turned into humanity's first real overland expedition across another… — Steve Squyres
- The conquest of the outskirts of the atmosphere, and eventually space, is a revolutionary event, comparable only to the transition of the… — Hubertus Strughold