Book ID: CBB000201617

Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth (2002)

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Oreskes, Naomi (Editor)


Westview Press

ISBN: 813339812

Publication Date: 2002
Edition Details: Written with Homer Le Grand
Physical Details: xxiv + 496 pp, illus., index
Language: English

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Review Morgan, Jason Phipps (2002) Review of "Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth". Nature (p. 487). unapi

Review Marvin, Ursula B. (2002) Review of "Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 754). unapi

Review D'Agostino, Salvo (2004) Review of "Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth". Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza (p. 276). unapi

Review Hetherington, Norriss (2003) Review of "Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth". Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences (p. 203). unapi

Review Coakley, Bernard (2002) Review of "Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth". American Scientist (p. 385). unapi

Essay Review Hamilton, Warren B. (2003) [Essay review]. Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society (pp. 93-98). unapi

Review Oreskes, Naomi (2003) Review of "Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth". Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society (p. 139). unapi

Review Fritscher, Bernhard (2003) Review of "Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 428). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Bento Cavadas
Martin Schneider
Powell, James Lawrence
Daniele Musumeci
Alessandro Iannace
Stefano Furlani
Journals
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Nature
Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Publishers
Ball State University
Institute of Physics Publishing
Geological Society Publishing House
Free Press
Columbia University Press
Concepts
Plate tectonics and continental drift
Geology
Earth sciences
Historical geology; theory of the earth
Textbooks
Geophysics
People
Wegener, Alfred Lothar
Jeffreys, Harold
Domenico Lovisato
Steno, Nicolaus
Smith, Alan
Bullard, Edward Crisp
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Spain
Russia
Portugal
Germany
England
Institutions
Australian National University
Geological Society of London
Cambridge University
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