Article ID: CBB875589696

Hundred years of geophysics (1834–1933) (2023)

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Geophysics is relatively a new discipline in comparison to physics or geology. Contrary to general perception as an ancillary to geology, the discipline has been developed with a distinct focus of using the principles and methods of physics for the earth processes. Geophysics was born in the nineteenth century as a necessary element of theoretical geography. Academicians and researchers in the field of geography played chief roles from its birth to its present level of maturity. Historical scholarship in this paper provides an account of the development of the discipline over hundred years from its inception in the early nineteenth century. The article covers, how the discipline was conceptualised and what necessary steps were taken, such as establishing learned societies, publishing technical journals and text books, endowing university chairs, opening up departments and course curriculum, and most importantly, appearing as a primary discipline to cater to exploration for mineral resources.

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Authors & Contributors
Burman, Jeremy T.
Carrara, Sérgio Luís
Dunbar, Gary S.
Feinerer, Ingo
Gavrus, Delia
Green, Christopher D.
Journals
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
History of Psychiatry
Medical History
British Journal for the History of Science
Eos: Transactions, American Geophysical Union
Geohistorische Blätter
Publishers
University of Minnesota
Duke University Press
Kluwer Academic
Springer International Publishing
Concepts
Professions and professionalization
Discipline formation
Geography
Development of science; change in science
Psychology
Geophysics
People
Stremme, Hermann
Tyndall, John
Mackinder, Halford John
O'Sullivan, Eamon
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Places
United States
Brazil
Ireland
Mexico
France
Germany
Institutions
American Sociological Association
Royal Institution of Great Britain
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