Adrian Currie Bücher

The historical' sciences have been neglected by philosophers. Adrian Currie analyzes both the problems and the opportunities involved in reconstructing and understanding the unobservable deep past. His engaging discussion - ranging from the character of global ice ages through the habits of giant dinosaurs to the meaning of Mayan monuments - explores the surprising commonalities that underlie these superficially diverse sciences. - Martin Rudwick, University of Cambridge; author of Earth's Deep History and Bursting the Limits of Time

Scientific Knowledge and the Deep Past: History Matters is an accessible tour of the philosophy of the historical sciences. Examining how dinosaurs grew and the emergence of flowering plants in the mid-Cretaceous, it analyses the relationship between knowledge and the past, explaining why narratives play a prominent role in history.