Fossils and Progress. Paleontology and the Idea of Progressive Evolution in the Nineteenth Century by Peter J. Bowler; History of the Earth Sciences during the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions, with Special Emphasis on the Physical Geosciences by D. H. Hall [Book Review]

Isis 69 (3):445-446 (1978)
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