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1 online resource (ix, 420 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-403) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Instability of Scientific Truth; I: Not the Mechanism; II: Theory and Method; III: A Revolution in Acceptance; Epilogue: Utility and Truth; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| 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. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Continental drift.
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Continental drift. |
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Geology -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Geology. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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1900 - 1999 |
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Geschichte 1912-1968 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Continental drift |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Oreskes, Naomi. Rejection of continental drift. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 0195117328 9780195117325 (DLC) 98004161 (OCoLC)38989594 |
| ISBN |
9780195353600 (electronic book) |
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0195353609 (electronic book) |
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9780195117332 |
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0195117328 (cloth) |
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0195117336 (paper) |
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9780195117325 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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