SETI bioastro: Mind Over Magma - New from Princeton University Press

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We are pleased to send you the following information about this
newly published book:

Mind over Magma
The Story of Igneous Petrology
Davis A. Young

To read a sample chapter, please visit:
http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/7694.html

Mind over Magma chronicles the scientific effort to unravel
the mysteries of rocks that solidified on or beneath Earth's
surface from the intensely hot, molten material called
magma. The first-ever comprehensive history of the study of
such igneous rocks, it traces the development of igneous
petrology from ancient descriptions of volcanic eruptions to
recent work incorporating insights from physical chemistry,
isotope studies, and fluid dynamics.

Intellectual developments in the field--from the
application of scientific methods to the study of rocks to
the discovery of critical data and the development of the
field's major theories--are considered within their broader
geographical, social, and technological contexts. Mind over
Magma examines the spread of igneous petrology from western
Europe to North America, South Africa, Japan, Australia, and
much of the rest of the world. It considers the
professionalization and Anglicization of the field,
detailing changes in publication outlets, the role of women,
and the influence of government funding. The book also
highlights the significant role that technological
developments--including the polarizing microscope,
high-temperature quenching furnaces, and instrumental
analysis--have played in the discovery of new data and development of
revolutionary insights into the nature of igneous rocks.

Both an engagingly told story and a major reference, Mind
over Magma is the only available history of this important
field. As such, it will be appreciated by petrologists,
geochemists, and other geologists as well as by those
interested in the history of science.

Davis A. Young is Professor of Geology at Calvin College
and the author of several books, including N. L. Bowen and
Crystallization-Differentiation: The Evolution of a Theory.

0-691-10279-1 Cloth $69.95 US and L46.95
704 pages. 20 halftones. 38 line illus. 9 tables. 6 x 9.

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