Title:
Minnesota's geologist : the life of Newton Horace Winchell / Sue Leaf.
ISBN:
9781517901684
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
©2020
Physical Description:
x, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Finding a footing -- A solid foundation -- Metamorphosis -- Working geologist -- Settling in Minneapolis -- Fracture -- Bedrock and rivers -- The Winchells broaden their reach -- Rocks of fire : the North Shore -- Portages : the boundary waters and iron ranges -- Back to the North Shore -- The boom -- Fieldwork, politics, and feminism -- Shaping a science -- The American geologist -- Terminal moraine -- Americans in Paris -- Glacial retreat -- The archaeologist -- Winchell the rock.
Summary:
"The story of the scientist who first mapped Minnesota's geology, set against the backdrop of early scientific inquiry in the state"-- Provided by publisher.
Personal Subject:
OCLC Number:
on1122912738
Availability:
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