The rejection of continental drift: theory and method in American earth science
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.
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| Summary: | 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. |
| Physical Description: | IX, 420 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0195117328 0195117336 |
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| adam_text | THE REJECTION OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY AND METHOD IN AMERICAN EARTH
SCIENCE NAOMI ORESKES NEW YORK OXFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1999
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: THE INSTABILITY OF SCIENTIFIC TRUTH 3 I NOT THE
MECHANISM 1 TWO VISIONS OF THE EARTH 9 2 THE COLLAPSE OF THERMAL
CONTRACTION 21 3 TO RECONCILE HISTORICAL GEOLOGY WITH ISOSTASY:
CONTINENTAL DRIFT 54 4 DRIFT MECHANISMS IN THE 1920S 81 II THEORY AND
METHOD 5 FROM FACT TO THEORY 123 6 THE SHORT STEP BACKWARD 157 7
UNIFORMITARIANISM AND UNITY 178 III A REVOLUTION IN ACCEPTANCE 8 DIRECT
AND INDIRECT EVIDENCE 223 9 AN EVIDENTIARY AND EPISTEMIC SHIFT 262 10
THE DEPERSONALIZATION OF GEOLOGY 288 EPILOGUE: UTILITY AND TRUTH 313
NOTES 319 BIBLIOGRAPHY 371 INDEX 404
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