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1 online resource (573 pages)
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9780080477879
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The history of science discipline is contributing valuable knowledge of the culture of soil understanding, of the conditions in society that fostered the ideas, and of why they developed in certain ways. This book is about the progressive "footprints made by scientists in the soil. It contains chapters chosen from important topics in the development of soil science, and tells the story of the people and the exciting ideas that contributed to our present understanding of soils. Initiated by discussions within the Soil Science Society of America and the International Union of Soil Sciences, this book uniquely illustrates the significance of soils to our society. It is planned for soils students, for various scientific disciplines, and for members of the public who show an increasing interest in soil. This book allows us to answer the questions: "How do we know what we know about soils? and "How did one step or idea lead to the next one? The chapters are written by an international group of authors, each with special interests, bound together by the central theme of soils and how we came to our present understanding of soils. Each concentrate on soil knowledge in the western world and draw primarily on written accounts available in English and European languages. Academics, graduate students, researchers and practitioners will gain new insights from these studies of how ideas in soil science and understanding of uses of soils developed. * Discusses tracing soils knowledge accumulated from Roman times, first by soil users and after 1800s by scientists * Offers ideas about how soils knowledge was influenced by the social context and by human needs * Combines the history of ideas with scientific knowledge of soils * Written by chapter authors who combine subject matter expertise with knowledge of practical soil uses, and provide numerous references
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Front Cover -- Footprints in the Soil: People and Ideas in Soil History -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Special Acknowledgment and Appreciation to Dan Yaalon -- Section I: Early Understanding of Soils -- Chapter 1. Soil Scientists in Ancient Rome -- Introduction -- Soil Terminology and Soil Concepts -- Methods for Testing Soils -- Suitability Descriptions -- Concluding Remarks -- Sources: Editions and Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 2. Aztec Soil Knowledge: Classes, Management, and Ecology -- Sources -- Aztec Soil Descriptions: Texts and Glyphs -- Aztec Agricultural Soil Classes -- Control of the Soil Environment -- Non-agricultural Application of Aztec Soil Knowledge -- Retrospect -- References -- Chapter 3. The Heritage of Soil Knowledge Among the World's Cultures -- Introduction -- Significance of Indigenous Knowledge -- Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge Documentation and Evaluation -- Case Studies to Illustrate the Scope of Indigenous Knowledge of Soil -- Soil Knowledge Among Cultures in Humid Tropical Lowlands -- Soil Knowledge Among Cultures in Arid and Semiarid Lands -- Soil Knowledge Among Cultures in Mountain Regions -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4. Some Major Scientists (Palissy, Buffon, Thaer, Darwin and Müller) Have Described Soil Profiles and Developed Soil Survey Techniques Before 1883 -- Abstract -- Introduction -- 1563,1580: The Auger and Its Use Described by Bernard Palissy -- 1734: Description of Soil Horizons, Erosion and Geochemical Cycles by Georges-Louis Ledere de Buffon -- 1791: William Bartram, Traveller and Observer of Soils of the United States -- 1812: Mapping and Agricultural Soils Analysis by Daniel Albrecht Thaer -- 1837: Pedological Profile Drawings by Charles Darwin -- 1870-1877: A. Orth.
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Additional Edition:
9780444521774
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Footprints in the soil Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2006 0444521771
Additional Edition:
9780444521774
Language:
English
Subjects:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science
Keywords:
Bodenkunde
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Geschichte
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