Drifting continents and shifting theories : the modern revolution in geology and scientific change /
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| Author / Creator: | LeGrand, H. E. (Homer Eugene), 1944- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988. |
| Description: | vi, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/938572 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Solid as a rock? Geology before Wegener
- 3. Wegener and his theory: antecedents and arguments
- 4. Debate around the earth
- 5. Specialties, localism and problem-solving
- 6. Interregnum: competion and stalemate
- 7. Palacomagnetism, Drift and polar wandering
- 8. Patterns and puzzles from the sea
- 9. Shifting theories
- 10. The 'revolution' proclaimed
- 11. Theories of scientific change and the modern revolution in geology
- Bibliography
- Index
