Michele L. Aldrich and Alan E. Leviton Kirtley Mather’s Sourcebooks of Geology 1400-1900 (1939) 1900-1950 (1967)

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Michele L. Aldrich and Alan E. Leviton Kirtley Mather’s Sourcebooks of Geology (1939) (1967)

Outline 1.Mather biography 2.Sourcebooks in general 3.Sourcebook Sourcebook Conclusion

Mather’s Early Life Born 1888 in Chicago BA Denison University 1909 PhD Univ. Chicago 1915 Taught at Queens Univ Taught at Denison

Map of the Front Ranges of the Andes where Mather worked in Bolivia and Argentina.

Mather’s Life and Career Taught at Harvard University Taught at Univ. New Mexico Died 1978 Scopes Trial, 1925 Mass. Teachers’ Loyalty Oath 1930s Opposed McCarthyism,1950s Active in AAAS – President, Board member

Kirtley Mather in New Mexico

Sourcebooks to 1939 Astronomy (1929) Mathematics (1929) Physics (1935) Geology (1939)

Source Books Greek Science (1948) Animal Biology (1951) Chemistry (1952) Astronomy (1960) Psychology (1965) Geology (1967)

Sourcebooks, Geology, (1967) Chemistry, (1968( Mathematics, (1969) Classical Analysis (1973) Medieval Science (1974) Geography (1978) Astronomy (1979) Mathematical Logic, (2002)

Comparison of Sourcebooks pages 438 pages 128 author’s 60 authors 5.8 pp/author 7.3 pp/author S. Mason, coeditor No coeditor McGraw Hill publ. Harvard Unv. Press publ. G. Walcott series ed. E. Madden, series ed.

Sourcebook Commonalities Survey Method Selection by Great Ideas Organization Author Birth date Peculiarities Indexes

Sourcebook I

Shirley Mason, Co-editor, Sourcebook I

Mather and Mason’s Predecessors Karl von Zittel, History of Geology and Paleontology (1899), English and German. Archibald Geikie, Founders of Geology (1897, 1905) George Merrill, Contribtions. to History of American Geology (1906). Frank Adams, Birth and Development of Geol. Sciences(1938).

Not in Sourcebook Paleontology Micropaleo, 1920s Modern Synthesis, 1940s China Bretz, Channeled Scablands Wegener

Durability of Sourcebook Predecessors Mason as coeditor G. Walcott as series editor Survey results Trained the trainers

Datedness of Sourcebook Mather’s Experiences No coeditor Edward Madden as series editor Survey results Pioneer, no predecessors

Thanks To Ken Bork for his biography of Mather and for many insights via as we composed this presentation. To Mark Aldrich for Power Point help. To Josephine Hernandez for reference help..