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Walk the Scottish coast that changed science
A new trail on Scotland's east coast takes travellers into Earth's ancient past, where scientists proved the planet was vastly older than anyone had imagined.
James Hutton
Mentioned by BBC Travel“A challenging route of 51.5km through interesting geology in East Berwickshire. Download Trail leaflet (pdf file) James Hutton was born in Edinburgh in 1726. After studying at universities in Edinburgh and on the continent, in 1754 he moved to Berwickshire, where he had inherited family farms at…”
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