Charles Doolittle Walcott, Paleontologist

Charles Doolittle Walcott, Paleontologist
Author: Ellis Leon Yochelson
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Total Pages: 570
Release: 1998
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780873385992

This biography of geologist Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927) documents his career and life from birth to his retirement from the US Geological Survey in 1907, when he became Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

King of the 40th Parallel

King of the 40th Parallel
Author: James Gregory Moore
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2006
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780804752237

This book recounts the life and achievements of Clarence King, widely recognized as one of America's most gifted intellectuals of the nineteenth century, and a legendary figure in the American West. King led landmark precursory surveys that positioned him to become the founding director of the U.S. Geological Survey, the most important government science agency in the nation.