Credit: Geological Society of America Boulder, Colo., USA: Noted Turkish geologist, and member of the American Philosophical Society and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Dr. A.M. Celâl Şengör has taken on the Herculean task of disputing revisionist arguments to restore James Hutton's standing as the father of modern geology. Drawing from a wealth of knowledge, Dr. Şengör has painstakingly researched, richly referenced, and filled this memoir with enlightening anecdotes and observations. Dr. Şengör will now introduce you to GSA Memoir 216: Revising the Revisions: James Hutton's Reputation among Geologists in the Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.