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 | | In Time’s Arrow/Time’s Cycle, Stephen Jay Gould reconsiders the discovery of deep time by focusing on “the three cardinal actors on the British geological stage — the primary villain and the two standard heroes”, that is, Thomas Burnet, James Hutton, and Charles Lyell. |
 | | Challenging textbook orthodoxies and Whiggish triumphalism in the history of geology, Time’s Arrow/Time’s Cycle was praised by the reviewer for the Times Higher Education Supplement as carrying “an enthusiasm, intelligence and sense of purpose that render it a worthy follower to Gould’s earlier work.” Gould was a supporter of NCSE until his death in 2002. |
 | | In Time's Arrow/Time's Cycle, Stephen Jay Gould reconsiders the discovery of deep time by focusing on "the three cardinal actors on the British geological stage -- the primary villain and the two standard heroes," that is, Thomas Burnet, James Hutton, and Charles Lyell. |
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