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《地球探赜索隐录》(Thinking about the Earth—A History of Ideas in Geology,1996)是澳大利亚的科学史家大卫·R·奥尔德罗伊德(David R.Oldroyd)教授的力作之一。奥尔德罗伊德是澳大利亚新南威尔士大学科学史与科学哲学学院的教授、澳大利亚人文科学院院士、国际地质学史委员会秘书长、国际科学史与科学哲学学会理事。由于在地质学史研究方面的卓著成就,1994年曾荣获英国伦敦地质学会颁发的Sue Tyler Friedman奖章,曾获美国1999年度的科学史研究奖。
Thinking about the Earth-A History of Ideas in Geology (1996) is one of the masterpieces of Professor David R. Oldroyd, a science historian in Australia. Aldorod is a professor at the University of New South Wales in the history of science and philosophy of science, a member of the Australian Academy of Humanities, secretary general of the International Commission of Geological History, and a director of the International Association for the History of Science and Philosophy of Science. The Sue Tyler Friedman medal, awarded by the London Geological Society of England in 1994, was awarded the 1999 American History Research Award by the United States for his outstanding achievements in the history of geology.