<Dd> Gould explained Hutton's view of uniformity of rate; mountain ranges or grand canyons are built by accumulation of nearly insensible changes added up through vast time . Some major events such as floods, earthquakes, and eruptions, do occur . But these catastrophes are strictly local . They neither occurred in the past, nor shall happen in the future, at any greater frequency or extent than they display at present . In particular, the whole earth is never convulsed at once . </Dd> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Uniformity of state across time and space: Change is evenly distributed throughout space and time . </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Uniformity of state across time and space: Change is evenly distributed throughout space and time . </Li> </Ul> </Dd> <Ul> <Li> Uniformity of state across time and space: Change is evenly distributed throughout space and time . </Li> </Ul>

Who came up with the idea of uniformitarianism