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Drifting continents and shifting theories : the modern revolution in geology and scientific change
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Drifting continents and shifting theories : the modern revolution in geology and scientific change

Author: H E LeGrand
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: H E LeGrand
ISBN: 0521322103 9780521322102 0521311055 9780521311052
OCLC Number: 18588481
Notes: Includes index.
Description: vi, 313 p. : ill. ; 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.
Responsibility: H.E. LeGrand.
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