James Hutton: The Genius of Time Perman Ray
James Hutton: The Genius of Time Perman Ray Discover one of the Scottish Enlightenment's brightest stars.Among the giants of the Scottish Enlightenment, the name of James Hutton is overlooked. He was…
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James Hutton: The Genius of Time Perman Ray
Discover one of the Scottish Enlightenment's brightest stars.Among the giants of the Scottish Enlightenment, the name of James Hutton is overlooked. He was in his time a doctor, a farmer, a businessman, a chemist yet he described himself as a philosopher - a seeker after truth.A friend of James Watt and of Adam Smith, he was a polymath, publishing papers on subjects as diverse as why it rains and a theory of language. Yet his Theory of the Earth revolutionised the way we think about how our planet was formed and laid the foundation for the science of geology.
His papers, library and mineral collection all vanished after his death and only a handful of letters He shunned status and official position, refused to give up his strong Scots accent and vulgar speech, loved jokes and could start a party in an empty room.Yet much of his story remains a mystery.
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