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ON SOLID GROUND - DAVID GOLDSMITH GEBUNDEN

On Solid Ground is intended to inform a general audience about what geologists know about the
earth. It will do so by telling the stories of the people who made the discoveries. It will
also chronicle the doubters and nay-sayers who have worked so hard to undermine our
understanding of the earth. We know  for example  that the earth is old  in part because
William Smith created our modern system of dating fossils to win a bar bet. The warming
properties of atmospheric carbon dioxide were first discovered by Eunice Newton Foote  when she
wasn't pursuing her other passion -fighting for women's rights at Seneca Falls. We are sure the
earth is round despite the efforts of Samuel Birley Rowbotham  a conman who convinced thousands
of people that it was flat before moving on from science to sell bogus health tonics .Each of
its nine chapters will contain three things: the human story of a geologic controversy  an
explanation of why geologists are so sure about the right answer to that controversy  and a
short discussion of the logical fallacies being used by those still unwilling to accept
geologic expertise

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