| Description |
ix, 420 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Instability of Scientific Truth -- I. Not the Mechanism. 1. Two Visions of the Earth. 2. The Collapse of Thermal Contraction. 3. To Reconcile Historical Geology with Isostasy: 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 -- Epilogue: Utility and Truth |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-403) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Continental drift.
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Geology -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
98004161 |
| ISBN |
0195117328 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0195117336 (paper) |
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