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Author: Walter Sullivan Publisher: American Institute of Physics ISBN: Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 464
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Science writer Sullivan (he was science editor of The New York Times for 23 years) updates his 1974 (McGraw-Hill) survey for the student or serious lay reader to incorporate developments that have reinforced or elaborated the theory presented in the original edition. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author: Walter Sullivan Publisher: American Institute of Physics ISBN: Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 464
Book Description
Science writer Sullivan (he was science editor of The New York Times for 23 years) updates his 1974 (McGraw-Hill) survey for the student or serious lay reader to incorporate developments that have reinforced or elaborated the theory presented in the original edition. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author: Jan Leyssens Publisher: Marvelous But True ISBN: 9781605375809 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 32
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In the early part of the twentieth century, the researcher Marie Tharp worked on a detailed map of the bottom of the ocean. And then she made a discovery--a chasm down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Could this discovery help prove the age-old theory that the continents on Earth move? The second book in a series about scientific wonder. Dreaming, daring, thinking, and doing. For researchers ages 6 and up.
Author: Thomas G. Aylesworth Publisher: ISBN: 9780894902734 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 68
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Describes the theory of plate tectonics and the various forces that continue to change the surface of the earth. Discusses the history of the theory as well as evidence that seems to dispute it.
Author: Alfred Wegener Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486143899 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 276
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A source of profound influence and controversy, this landmark 1915 work explains various phenomena of historical geology, geomorphy, paleontology, paleoclimatology, and similar areas in terms of continental drift. 64 illustrations. 1966 edition.
Author: John A. Stewart Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 9780253354051 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 310
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"The book provides an excellent historical summary of the debates over continental drift theory in this century." —Contemporary Sociology "This is a useful discussion of the way that science works. The book will be of value to philosophers of science . . . " —Choice " . . . will find an important place in university and department libraries, and will interest afficionados of the factual and intellectual history of the earth sciences." —Terra Nova " . . . an excellent core analysis . . . " —The Times Higher Education Supplement " . . . an ambitious and important contribution to the new sociology of science." —American Journal of Sociology " . . . Stewart's book is a noble effort, an interesting and readable discussion, and another higher notch on the scoreboard of critical scholarship that deserves wide examination and close attention." —Geophysics This fascinating book describes the rise and fall and rebirth of continental drift theory in this century. It uses the recent revolution in geoscientinsts' beliefs about the earth to examine questions such as, How does scientific knowledge develop and change? The book also explores how well different perspectives help us to understand revolutionary change in science.
Author: Homer Eugene LeGrand Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521311052 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 324
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A historical account of the triumph of the global theory of plate tectonics and its implications for the "modern revolution in geology" of the 1960s and 1970s after fifty years of controversy and competition.
Author: Eva O. L. Lantsoght Publisher: Springer ISBN: 3319774255 Category : Study Aids Languages : en Pages : 396
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This textbook is a guide to success during the PhD trajectory. The first part of this book takes the reader through all steps of the PhD trajectory, and the second part contains a unique glossary of terms and explanation relevant for PhD candidates. Written in the accessible language of the PhD Talk blogs, the book contains a great deal of practical advice for carrying out research, and presenting one’s work. It includes tips and advice from current and former PhD candidates, thus representing a broad range of opinions. The book includes exercises that help PhD candidates get their work kick-started. It covers all steps of a doctoral journey in STEM: getting started in a program, planning the work, the literature review, the research question, experimental work, writing, presenting, online tools, presenting at one’s first conference, writing the first journal paper, writing and defending the thesis, and the career after the PhD. Since a PhD trajectory is a deeply personal journey, this book suggests methods PhD candidates can try out, and teaches them how to figure out for themselves which proposed methods work for them, and how to find their own way of doing things.
Author: Lauri J. J Pesonen Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 0128185341 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 664
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Ancient Supercontinents and the Paleogeography of Earth offers a systematic examination of Precambrian cratons and supercontinents. Through detailed maps of drift histories and paleogeography of each continent, this book examines topics related to Earth's tectonic evolution prior to Pangea, including plate kinematics, orogenic development, and paleoenvironments. Additionally, this book discusses the methodologies used, principally paleomagnetism and tectonostratigraphy, and addresses geophysical topics of mantle dynamics and geodynamo evolution over billions of years. Structured clearly with consistent coverage for Precambrian cratons, this book combines state-of-the-art paleomagnetic and geochronologic data to reconstruct the paleogeography of the Earth in the context of major climatic events such as global glaciations. It is an ideal, up-to-date reference for geoscientists and geographers looking for answers to questions surrounding the tectonic evolution of Earth. - Provides robust paleogeographies of Precambrian cratons based on high-quality paleomagnetic and geochronologic data and critically tested by global geological datasets - Includes links to updated databases for the Precambrian such as PALEOMAGIA and the Global Paleomagnetic Database (GPMDB) - Presents full-color maps of the drift histories of each continent as well as their paleogeographies - Discusses key questions regarding continental drift, the supercontinent cycle, and the geomagnetic dipole hypothesis and analyzes palaeography in the context of Earth's holistic evolution
Author: Walter Sullivan
Author: Walter Sullivan
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Author: Jan Leyssens
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Author: Alfred Wegener
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Author: Homer Eugene LeGrand
Author: Eva O. L. Lantsoght
Author: Lauri J. J Pesonen
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