This week's #NewBooks at the library: I found a good deal on a copy of River Planet: #Rivers from Deep Time to the Modern Crisis from Dunedin Academic Press, adopted a damaged copy of #WilliamWhewell: Victorian Polymath from the University of Pittsburgh Press, and bought an ex-library copy of The History of Geoconservation, published by the Geological Society.

#Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon #Geology #Earthsciences #Hydrology #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci @bookstodon

#MinCup24 whewellite vs howlite. I've voted #howlite, for #Iona and #Boron, but whewellite is named after Cambridge boffin and wordsmith William Whewell, who coined a large number of terms now in widespread use, including "scientist" which he created while reviewing the work of Scottish mathematician and polymath Mary Somerville, superseding the traditional "man of science". #WilliamWhewell #MarySomerville #Scientist