Bøger af Sir John William Dawson

The Canadian Ice Age, Being Notes on the Pleistocene Geology of Canada, with Especial Reference by Sir John William Dawson. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1893 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

The science of the earth as illustrated by geological research, is one of the noblest outgrowths of our modern intellectual life. Constituting the sum of all the natural sciences in their application to the history of our world, it affords a very wide and varied scope for mental activity, and deals with some of the grandest problems of space and time and of organic existence. It invites us to be present at the origin of things, and to enter into the very workshop of the Creator. It has, besides, most important and intimate connection with the industrial arts and with the material resources at the disposal of man. Its educational value, as a means of cultivating the powers of observing and reasoning, and of accustoming the mind to deal with large and intricate questions, can scarcely be overrated.