Author: Naomi Oreskes
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195117336
Category : Continental drift
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Why did American geologists reject the notion of continental drift, first posed in 1915? And why did British scientists view the theory as a pleasing confirmation? This text, based on archival resources, provides answers to these questions.
The Continental Drift Controversy
Author: Henry R. Frankel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780521875073
Category : Academic disputations
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780521875073
Category : Academic disputations
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Rejection of Continental Drift
Author: Naomi Oreskes
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195117336
Category : Continental drift
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Why did American geologists reject the notion of continental drift, first posed in 1915? And why did British scientists view the theory as a pleasing confirmation? This text, based on archival resources, provides answers to these questions.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195117336
Category : Continental drift
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Why did American geologists reject the notion of continental drift, first posed in 1915? And why did British scientists view the theory as a pleasing confirmation? This text, based on archival resources, provides answers to these questions.
The Continental Drift Controversy: Volume 4, Evolution into Plate Tectonics
Author: Henry R. Frankel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110737961X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 697
Book Description
The resolution of the sixty-year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth science. This four-volume treatise on the continental drift controversy is the first complete history of the origin, debate and gradual acceptance of this revolutionary theory. Based on extensive interviews, archival papers and original works, Frankel weaves together the lives and work of the scientists involved, producing an accessible narrative for scientists and non-scientists alike. This fourth volume explains the discoveries in the mid 1960s which led to the rapid acceptance of seafloor spreading theory and how the birth of plate tectonics followed soon after with the geometrification of geology. Although plate tectonics did not explain the cause or dynamic mechanism of drifting continents, it provided a convincing kinematic explanation that continues to inspire geodynamic research to the present day.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110737961X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 697
Book Description
The resolution of the sixty-year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth science. This four-volume treatise on the continental drift controversy is the first complete history of the origin, debate and gradual acceptance of this revolutionary theory. Based on extensive interviews, archival papers and original works, Frankel weaves together the lives and work of the scientists involved, producing an accessible narrative for scientists and non-scientists alike. This fourth volume explains the discoveries in the mid 1960s which led to the rapid acceptance of seafloor spreading theory and how the birth of plate tectonics followed soon after with the geometrification of geology. Although plate tectonics did not explain the cause or dynamic mechanism of drifting continents, it provided a convincing kinematic explanation that continues to inspire geodynamic research to the present day.
The Continental Drift Controversy
Author: Henry R. Frankel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521875048
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 627
Book Description
Describes the expansion of the land-based paleomagnetic case for drifting continents and recounts the golden age of marine geoscience.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521875048
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 627
Book Description
Describes the expansion of the land-based paleomagnetic case for drifting continents and recounts the golden age of marine geoscience.
Alfred Wegener
Author: Mott T. Greene
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142141712X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 693
Book Description
The book should be of interest not only to earth scientists, students of polar travel and exploration, and historians but to all readers who are fascinated by the great minds of science.--Henry R. Frankel, University of Missouri-Kansas City, author of The Continental Drift Controversy "Science & Education"
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142141712X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 693
Book Description
The book should be of interest not only to earth scientists, students of polar travel and exploration, and historians but to all readers who are fascinated by the great minds of science.--Henry R. Frankel, University of Missouri-Kansas City, author of The Continental Drift Controversy "Science & Education"
The Origin of Continents and Oceans
Author: Alfred Wegener
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486143899
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A source of profound influence and controversy, this landmark 1915 work explains various phenomena of historical geology, geomorphy, paleontology, paleoclimatology, and similar areas in terms of continental drift. 64 illustrations. 1966 edition.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486143899
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A source of profound influence and controversy, this landmark 1915 work explains various phenomena of historical geology, geomorphy, paleontology, paleoclimatology, and similar areas in terms of continental drift. 64 illustrations. 1966 edition.
From Crust to Core
Author: Simon Mitton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108426697
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
A fascinating historical account of the emergence and development of the new interdisciplinary field of deep carbon science.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108426697
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
A fascinating historical account of the emergence and development of the new interdisciplinary field of deep carbon science.
Drifting Continents and Shifting Theories
Author: Homer Eugene LeGrand
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521311052
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A historical account of the triumph of the global theory of plate tectonics and its implications for the "modern revolution in geology" of the 1960s and 1970s after fifty years of controversy and competition.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521311052
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A historical account of the triumph of the global theory of plate tectonics and its implications for the "modern revolution in geology" of the 1960s and 1970s after fifty years of controversy and competition.
A Brief History of Geology
Author: Kieran D. O'Hara
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316814874
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Geology as a science has a fascinating and controversial history. Kieran D. O'Hara's book provides a brief and accessible account of the major events in the history of geology over the last two hundred years, from early theories of Earth structure during the Reformation, through major controversies over the age of the Earth during the Industrial Revolution, to the more recent twentieth-century development of plate tectonic theory, and on to current ideas concerning the Anthropocene. Most chapters include a short 'text box' providing more technical and detailed elaborations on selected topics. The book also includes a history of the geology of the Moon, a topic not normally included in books on the history of geology. The book will appeal to students of Earth science, researchers in geology who wish to learn more about the history of their subject, and general readers interested in the history of science.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316814874
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Geology as a science has a fascinating and controversial history. Kieran D. O'Hara's book provides a brief and accessible account of the major events in the history of geology over the last two hundred years, from early theories of Earth structure during the Reformation, through major controversies over the age of the Earth during the Industrial Revolution, to the more recent twentieth-century development of plate tectonic theory, and on to current ideas concerning the Anthropocene. Most chapters include a short 'text box' providing more technical and detailed elaborations on selected topics. The book also includes a history of the geology of the Moon, a topic not normally included in books on the history of geology. The book will appeal to students of Earth science, researchers in geology who wish to learn more about the history of their subject, and general readers interested in the history of science.
‘Africa Forms the Key’
Author: Suryakanthie Chetty
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030527115
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
This book examines the work of prominent South African geologist Alex Du Toit as a means of understanding the debate around continental drift both in segregation-era South Africa and internationally. It contextualises Du Toit’s work within a particularly formative period of South African science, from the paleoanthropological discoveries that sparked debates about the origins of humankind to Jan Smuts’ own theory of holism. Beyond South African scientific discoveries, the book sets Du Toit’s work against a backdrop of ideological struggles over space, both domestically in terms of segregation and nationalism, as well as internationally as South Africa sought to assert its position within the Commonwealth. These debates were embodied by Du Toit’s work on the theory of continental drift, which put Africa – and South Africa – at the centre geologically and geographically. The author also focuses on the divisions in geology caused by drift theory, tracing the vigorous intellectual debate and dissent indicative of the ideological milieu within which scientific thought is constructed. It traces the history of continental drift from its inception in the nineteenth century and later work of Alfred Wegener, which was both elaborated upon and substantiated by Du Toit. The study further focuses on Du Toit’s research on continental drift in South African and South America, and the geological, fossil and climatological evidence used to bolster this theory.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030527115
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
This book examines the work of prominent South African geologist Alex Du Toit as a means of understanding the debate around continental drift both in segregation-era South Africa and internationally. It contextualises Du Toit’s work within a particularly formative period of South African science, from the paleoanthropological discoveries that sparked debates about the origins of humankind to Jan Smuts’ own theory of holism. Beyond South African scientific discoveries, the book sets Du Toit’s work against a backdrop of ideological struggles over space, both domestically in terms of segregation and nationalism, as well as internationally as South Africa sought to assert its position within the Commonwealth. These debates were embodied by Du Toit’s work on the theory of continental drift, which put Africa – and South Africa – at the centre geologically and geographically. The author also focuses on the divisions in geology caused by drift theory, tracing the vigorous intellectual debate and dissent indicative of the ideological milieu within which scientific thought is constructed. It traces the history of continental drift from its inception in the nineteenth century and later work of Alfred Wegener, which was both elaborated upon and substantiated by Du Toit. The study further focuses on Du Toit’s research on continental drift in South African and South America, and the geological, fossil and climatological evidence used to bolster this theory.