Book ID: CBB000083227

The rejection of continental drift: Theory and method in American earth science (1999)

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Oreskes, Naomi (Author)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 1999
Physical Details: xi + 420 pp.; illus.; notes; bibl.; index

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Review Stein, D. (1999) Review of "The rejection of continental drift: Theory and method in American earth science". American Scientist (pp. 467-68). unapi

Review Oldroyd, D. (1999) Review of "The rejection of continental drift: Theory and method in American earth science". Science (pp. 440-41). unapi

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Barboni, Edward J.
Brush, Stephen G.
Campos, Daniel G.
D'Agostino, Salvatore
Frappier, Melanie
Green, Bryan S.
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