Plate Tectonics Oreskes Naomi
Plate Tectonics Oreskes Naomi Can anyone today imagine the earth without its puzzle-piece construction of plate tectonics? Scholarly books have been written about tectonics, but none by the key…
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Plate Tectonics Oreskes Naomi
Can anyone today imagine the earth without its puzzle-piece construction of plate tectonics? Scholarly books have been written about tectonics, but none by the key scientists-players themselves. The very term, "plate tectonics," coined only thirty-five years ago, is now part of the vernacular, part of everyone's understanding of the way the earth works.The theory, research, data collection, and analysis that came together in the late 1960's to constitute plate tectonics is one of the great scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century.
In Plate Tectonics, editor Naomi Oreskes has assembled those scientists who played crucial roles in developing the theory to tell - for the first time, and in their own words - the stories of their involvement in the extraordinary confrimation of the theory.The book opens with an overview of the history of plate tectonics, including