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

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

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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Main Author: Oreskes, Naomi (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Geschichte 1912-1968.
Continental drift.
Geology > United States > History > 20th century.
continental drift.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
Continental drift
Geology
Kontinentalverschiebung
Forschung
Continentverschuiving.
Theorieën.
Continents > Dérive.
CONTINENTIAL DRIFT.
GEOLOGY.
GEOPHYSICS.
HISTORIES.
United States
USA
UNITED STATES.
Electronic book.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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