Four revolutions in the earth sciences : from heresy to truth / James Lawrence Powell.

Over the course of the twentieth century, scientists came to accept four counterintuitive yet fundamental facts about the Earth: deep time, continental drift, meteorite impact, and global warming. This scientific history describes the evolution of these four ideas from heresy to truth, showing how s...

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Main Author: Powell, James Lawrence, 1936- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
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