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Charles Lyell propuso la teoría de la evolución gradual de la Tierra o uniformismo. Lyell argumentó que los cambios geológicos en la Tierra no son el resultado de catástrofes, sino de procesos lentos y graduales que ocurren a lo largo del tiempo. Lyell creía que la mayoría de las especies habían evolucionado lentamente, a lo largo de ...
Resumo. A obra “Princípios de Geologia” do geólogo e naturalista inglês Sir Charles Lyell [1797-1875] mudou para sempre a forma como a natureza é vista, elevando a Geologia ao status de ciência e estabelecendo várias das principais bases epistemológicas presentes nesse campo do conhecimento até os dias de hoje.
Charles Lyell. Geólogo britânico, oriundo da Escócia, nascido em 1797 e falecido em 1897. Os seus trabalhos tiveram repercussão na Geologia aquando da publicação do livro Principles of Geology em 1830-1833. Nele mostra os inconvenientes das doutrinas criacionistas e ataca a teoria do catastrofismo de Cuvier, ao mesmo tempo que propõe o ...
Charles Lyell - Geologist, Stratigraphy, Uniformitarianism: Publication of the Principles of Geology placed him among the recognized leaders of his field, compelling him to devote more time to scientific affairs. During these years he gained the friendship of men like Darwin and the astronomer Sir John Herschel. In 1838 Lyell’s Elements of Geology was published; it described European rocks ...
28 de mai. de 2019 · Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was heavily influenced by Lyell’s book Principles of Geology – a description of how the Earth was formed by forces that are still at work today. While traveling aboard a British ship, the HMS Beagle_,_ Darwin applied Lyell’s principles of uniformitarianism to the study of volcanic rocks on the Canary ...
Lyell’s version of geology came to be known as uniformitarianism, because of his fierce insistence that the processes that alter the Earth are uniform through time. Like Hutton, Lyell viewed the history of Earth as being vast and directionless. And the history of life was no different. Image courtesy of Roberto Bertero.
Sir Charles Lyell, (born Nov. 14, 1797, Kinnordy, Forfarshire, Scot.—died Feb. 22, 1875, London, Eng.), Scottish geologist. While studying law at the University of Oxford, he became interested in geology and later met such notable geologists as Alexander von Humboldt and Georges Cuvier. Lyell came to believe that there were natural (as ...
