The rejection of continental drift :: theory and method in American earth science /

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....

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1. Verfasser: Oreskes, Naomi (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 420 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-403) and index.
ISBN:9780195353600
0195353609
1280761547
9781280761546
9786610761548
661076154X

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