| Description |
vi, 313 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Solid as a rock? Geology before Wegener -- Wegener and his theory: antecedents and arguments -- Debate around the earth -- Specialties, localism and problem-solving -- Interregnum: competition and stalemate -- Palaeomagnetism, drift and polar wandering -- Patterns and puzzles from the sea -- Shifting theories -- "Revolution" proclaimed -- Theories of scientific change and the modern revolution in geology |
| Analysis |
21030 continental drift |
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Continental drift |
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Continental drift |
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Science. Methodology |
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Science. Philosophy |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [279]-304 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Continental drift.
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Science -- Methodology.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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| LC no. |
88030254 |
| ISBN |
0521311055 (paperback) |
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0521322103 |
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