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Nature 451, 258-260 (17 January 2008) | doi:10.1038/nature06581; Published online 16 January 2008
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Essay A tribe of jobbing ditchers
Ted Nield1
Abstract
Earth science, a field in which science and profession have been intimately linked, has grown through the practicalities imposed by industrialization and war but must now revamp to address climate change.
The celebrated English engineer and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton had a low opinion of the emerging profession of canal engineer. But for all this, the despised tribe would soon include the great William Smith, 'the father of English geology'.
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