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in their opposition to the new--and highly radical--notion of
continental drift, even going so far as to label the theory
"unscientific." Some fifty years later, however, continental drift was
heralded as a major scientific breakthrough and today it is accepted
as scientific fact. Why did American geologists reject so adamantly an
idea that is now considered a cornerstone of the discipline? And why
were their European colleagues receptive to it so much earlier? This
book, based on extensive archival research on three continents,
provides important new answers while giving the first detailed account
of the American geological community in the first half of the century.
Challenging previous historical work on this episode, Naomi Oreskes
shows that continental drift was not rejected for the lack of a causal
mechanism, but because it seemed to conflict with the basic standards
of practice in American geology. This account provides a compelling
look at how scientific ideas are made and unmade.
in their opposition to the new--and highly radical--notion of
continental drift, even going so far as to label the theory
"unscientific." Some fifty years later, however, continental drift was
heralded as a major scientific breakthrough and today it is accepted
as scientific fact. Why did American geologists reject so adamantly an
idea that is now considered a cornerstone of the discipline? And why
were their European colleagues receptive to it so much earlier? This
book, based on extensive archival research on three continents,
provides important new answers while giving the first detailed account
of the American geological community in the first half of the century.
Challenging previous historical work on this episode, Naomi Oreskes
shows that continental drift was not rejected for the lack of a causal
mechanism, but because it seemed to conflict with the basic standards
of practice in American geology. This account provides a compelling
look at how scientific ideas are made and unmade.
- Introduction
- Part 1: Not the Mechanism
- 1: Two Visions of the Earth
- 2: The Collapse of Thermal Contraction
- 3: To Reconcile Historical Geolgoy with Isotasy
- 4: Drift Mechanisms in the 1920s
- 5: From Fact to Theory
- 6: The Short Step Backward
- 7: Uniformitarianism and Unity
- Part III: A Revolution in Acceptance
- 8: Direct and Indirect Evidence
- 9: An Evidentiary and Epistemic Shift
- 10: The Depersonalization of Geology
- Epilogue: Unity and Truth
- Notes
- Bibliography
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Geologie |
| Genre: | Geowissenschaften, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780195117332 |
| ISBN-10: | 0195117336 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Oreskes, Naomi |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 26 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Naomi Oreskes |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.04.1999 |
| Gewicht: | 0,704 kg |
- Introduction
- Part 1: Not the Mechanism
- 1: Two Visions of the Earth
- 2: The Collapse of Thermal Contraction
- 3: To Reconcile Historical Geolgoy with Isotasy
- 4: Drift Mechanisms in the 1920s
- 5: From Fact to Theory
- 6: The Short Step Backward
- 7: Uniformitarianism and Unity
- Part III: A Revolution in Acceptance
- 8: Direct and Indirect Evidence
- 9: An Evidentiary and Epistemic Shift
- 10: The Depersonalization of Geology
- Epilogue: Unity and Truth
- Notes
- Bibliography
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Geologie |
| Genre: | Geowissenschaften, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780195117332 |
| ISBN-10: | 0195117336 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Oreskes, Naomi |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 26 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Naomi Oreskes |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.04.1999 |
| Gewicht: | 0,704 kg |
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