Cosmology, History, and Theology 1977
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-8780-4_17
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Heaven and Earth—The Relation of the Nebular Hypothesis to Geology

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“…Both Buffon and Laplace assumed that Earth and the other planets started as hot gaseous spheres that gradually cooled and solidified. This assumption became the basis for most 19th-century geological theorizing (Lawrence, 1977).…”
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“…Both Buffon and Laplace assumed that Earth and the other planets started as hot gaseous spheres that gradually cooled and solidified. This assumption became the basis for most 19th-century geological theorizing (Lawrence, 1977).…”
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“…3 While Ogilvie has documented the changing fortunes of the nebular hypothesis in Britain through successive editions of Vestiges,* Schweber has contrasted the reception of the Comtean version in Britain with that in France.5 The impact of the nebular hypothesis on geological theory has been studied by Lawrence. 6 Its effect on natural theology, when incorporated into schemes of organic evolution, has been discussed by Brooke,7 and most recently by Baxter. 8 Given the European focus of these particular studies, it is a pleasure to welcome a complementary and informative essay on the nebular hypothesis in American thought.…”
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“…By the time he was trying to save other worlds from Whewell's onslaught, anything smacking of the nebular hypothesis was anathema to him. * 6 On his own testimony, he had adopted all the extravagant ideas about nebulous matter, but abandoned them when they became the 'basis of mischievous speculation'. 2 ?…”
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“…Mesmo que inicialmente tenham surgido críticas e tenha sido geralmente encarada com certo ceticismo por volta da metade e no final do século XIX (LAWRENCE, 1977, p. 254), a hipótese nebular foi "o ponto de partida da maioria das discussões sobre a origem do sistema solar e o alvo daqueles que favoreciam alternativas" (BRUSH, 1996a, p. 37), o que indica a importância da teoria. Não houve alternativa teórica que tenha sido forte candidata a substituir a hipótese nebular no século XIX.…”
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