Geology did not undergo systematic restructuring during the Scientific Revolution, but individual theorists made important contributions. Robert Hooke, for example, formulated a theory of earthquakes, and Nicholas Steno developed the theory of superposition and argued that fossils were the remains of once-living creatures. Beginning with Thomas Burnet's Sacred Theory of the Earth in 1681, natural philosophers began to explore the idea that the Earth had changed over time. Burnet and his contemporaries interpreted Earth's past in terms of events described in the Bible, but their work laid the intellectual foundations for secular interpretations of Earth history. COUNT 5
QSN1 What happened to geology during the Scientific Revolution? ANS1 individual theorists made important contributions QSN2 What did Robert Hooke study? ANS2 earthquakes QSN3 What theory did Nicholas Steno discover? ANS3 the theory of superposition QSN4 What book did Thomas Burnet right in 1681? ANS4 Sacred Theory of the Earth QSN5 What text did Burnet base his work off of? ANS5 the Bible