JAMES HUTTON: THE GENIUS OF TIME (PB)

James Hutton revolutionised how we think about how our planet was formed. He laid the foundations of geology, and was in his time doctor, farmer, businessman and chemist; he published papers on subjects as diverse as why it rains and a theory of language. A friend of Watt and Adam Smith, he shunned status and retained his strong Scots accent. This biography uses new sources and original documents to portray the Hutton the man as never before, and to give his genius the recognition it deserves.