Thematic units of Earth science simulations
Giants of science
“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants”
Isaac Newton
Luke Howard
1772
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1864
Luke Howard developed the first systematic cloud classification, establishing a universal terminology still used in modern meteorology
“By naming the clouds, we speak a common language of the atmosphere”
Charles Lyell
1797
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1875
Charles Lyell was a defender of uniformitarianism, he showed that present geological processes shaped Earth over millions of years. His work strongly influenced Darwin and modern geology
“The present is the key to the past”
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