The rejection of continental drift: theory and method in American earth science
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1. Verfasser: Oreskes, Naomi (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 1999
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-403) and index
Introduction: The Instability of Scientific Truth; I: Not the Mechanism; II: Theory and Method; III: A Revolution in Acceptance; Epilogue: Utility and Truth; Notes; Bibliography; Index
I. Not the Mechanism. 1. Two Visions of the Earth. 2. The Collapse of Thermal Contraction. 3. To Reconcile Historical Geology with Isotasy: Continental Drift. 4. Drift Mechanisms in the 1920s. II. Theory and Method. 5. From Fact to Theory. 6. The Short Step Backward. 7. Uniformitarianism and Unity. III. A Revolution in Acceptance. 8. Direct and Indirect Evidence. 9. An Evidentiary and Epistemic Shift. 10. The Depersonalization of Geology
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ISBN:0195353609
9780195117332
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