The Continental Drift Controversy
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521875048
ISBN-13
9780521875042
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 26th, 2012
Print length
625 Pages
Weight
994 grams
Dimensions
25.40 x 18.00 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning Earth sciences
Ksh 21,400.00
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This first volume of The Continental Drift Controversy covers the period in the early 1900s when Wegener first identified that the Earth's major landmasses could be fitted together like a jigsaw and went on to propose that the continents had once been joined together in a single landmass.
Resolution of the sixty year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth science. This four-volume treatise on the continental drift controversy is the first complete history of the origin, debate and gradual acceptance of this revolutionary theory. Based on extensive interviews, archival papers and original works, Frankel weaves together the lives and work of the scientists involved, producing an accessible narrative for scientists and non-scientists alike. This first volume covers the period in the early 1900s when Wegener first pointed out that the Earth''s major landmasses could be fitted together like a jigsaw and went on to propose that the continents had once been joined together in a single landmass, which he named Pangaea. It describes the reception of Wegener''s theory as it splintered into sub-controversies and geoscientists became divided between the ''fixists'' and ''mobilists''.
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