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Author : Alexander Logie Du Toit
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Our Wandering Continents written by Alexander Logie Du Toit and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1972 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alex L. Du Toit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (459 download)
Download or read book Our Wandering Continents, an Hypothesis of Continental Drifting, by Alex L. Du Toit,... written by Alex L. Du Toit and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander Logie Du Toit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Our wandering continents written by Alexander Logie Du Toit and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander L. Du Toit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (633 download)
Download or read book Our wandering continents written by Alexander L. Du Toit and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alex L (Alexander Logie) Du Toit
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781014883346
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (833 download)
Download or read book Our Wandering Continents; an Hypothesis of Continental Drifting written by Alex L (Alexander Logie) Du Toit and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Hugo Tristram Engelhardt (Jr.)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521275606
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (756 download)
Download or read book Scientific Controversies written by Hugo Tristram Engelhardt (Jr.) and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-04-24 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays examines the ways in which disputes and controversies about the application of scientific knowledge are resolved. Four concrete examples of public controversy are considered in detail: the efficacy of Laetrile, the classification of homosexuality as a disease, the setting of safety standards in the workplace, and the utility of nuclear energy as a source of power. The essays in this volume show that debates about these cases are not confined to matters of empirical fact. Rather, as is seen with most scientific and technical controversies, they focus on and are structured by complex ethical, economic, and political interests. Drs. Engelhardt and Caplan have brought together a distinguished group of scholars from the sciences and humanities, who sketch a theory of scientific controversy and attempt to provide recommendations about the ways in which both scientists and the public ought to seek more informed resolutions of highly contentious issues in science and technology. Scientific Controversies is offered as a contribution to the better understanding of the roles of both science and nonscientific interests in disputes and controversies pertaining to science and technology.
Author : Alexander Logie Du Toit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (154 download)
Download or read book Our Wandering Continents written by Alexander Logie Du Toit and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edwin Harris Colbert
Publisher : Dover Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Wandering Lands and Animals written by Edwin Harris Colbert and published by Dover Publications. This book was released on 1985 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Naomi Oreskes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195353609
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Rejection of Continental Drift written by Naomi Oreskes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early twentieth century, American earth scientists were united 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.
Author : Suryakanthie Chetty
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030527115
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)
Download or read book ‘Africa Forms the Key’ written by Suryakanthie Chetty and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the work of prominent South African geologist Alex Du Toit as a means of understanding the debate around continental drift both in segregation-era South Africa and internationally. It contextualises Du Toit’s work within a particularly formative period of South African science, from the paleoanthropological discoveries that sparked debates about the origins of humankind to Jan Smuts’ own theory of holism. Beyond South African scientific discoveries, the book sets Du Toit’s work against a backdrop of ideological struggles over space, both domestically in terms of segregation and nationalism, as well as internationally as South Africa sought to assert its position within the Commonwealth. These debates were embodied by Du Toit’s work on the theory of continental drift, which put Africa – and South Africa – at the centre geologically and geographically. The author also focuses on the divisions in geology caused by drift theory, tracing the vigorous intellectual debate and dissent indicative of the ideological milieu within which scientific thought is constructed. It traces the history of continental drift from its inception in the nineteenth century and later work of Alfred Wegener, which was both elaborated upon and substantiated by Du Toit. The study further focuses on Du Toit’s research on continental drift in South African and South America, and the geological, fossil and climatological evidence used to bolster this theory.
Author : Alfred Wegener
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486617084
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Origin of Continents and Oceans written by Alfred Wegener and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1966-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1915 Alfred Wegener's seminal work describing the continental drift was first published in German. Wegener explained various phenomena of historical geology, geomorphy, paleontology, paleoclimatology, and similar areas in terms of continental drift. This edition includes new data to support his theories, helping to refute the opponents of his controversial views. 64 illustrations.
Author : Ron Miksha
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781497562387
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (623 download)
Download or read book The Mountain Mystery written by Ron Miksha and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty years ago, no one could explain mountains. Arguments about their origin were spirited, to say the least. Progressive scientists were ridiculed for their ideas. Most geologists thought the Earth was shrinking. Contracting like a hot ball of iron, shrinking and exposing ridges that became mountains. Others were quite sure the planet was expanding. Growth widened sea basins and raised mountains. There was yet another idea, the theory that the world's crust was broken into big plates that jostled around, drifting until they collided and jarred mountains into existence. That idea was invariably dismissed as pseudo-science. Or "utter damned rot" as one prominent scientist said. But the doubtful theory of plate tectonics prevailed. Mountains, earthquakes, ancient ice ages, even veins of gold and fields of oil are now seen as the offspring of moving tectonic plates. Just half a century ago, most geologists sternly rejected the idea of drifting continents. But a few intrepid champions of plate tectonics dared to differ. The Mountain Mystery tells their story.
Author : Henry R. Frankel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521875048
Total Pages : 627 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book The Continental Drift Controversy written by Henry R. Frankel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the expansion of the land-based paleomagnetic case for drifting continents and recounts the golden age of marine geoscience.
Author : Henry R. Frankel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316616045
Total Pages : 627 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (166 download)
Download or read book The Continental Drift Controversy: Volume 1, Wegener and the Early Debate written by Henry R. Frankel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-16 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive account of the early debate over Wegener's theory of continental drift, based on extensive interviews and archival material.
Author : Elisabeth Eaves
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459614526
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Wanderlust written by Elisabeth Eaves and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents the impulses that drive Elisabeth Eaves' insatiable hunger for the rush of the unfamiliar. She is both restless vagabond and astute observer as she crisscrosses five continents, chasing the exotic in both culture and romance. She loses herself in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, rekindles old love and new passion in Cairo, and finds an intinerant brotherhood of raucous men in the land Down Under. Like the random possessions she leaves in her wake, from Australia to Yemen, she also leaves behind a string of lovers. But this is about more than just sensual conquest; it is also a journey of self-discovery, in which her pursuit ultimately guides her home - back cover.
Author : William Beinart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108837085
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)
Download or read book The Scientific Imagination in South Africa written by William Beinart and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative three hundred year exploration of the social and political contexts of science and the scientific imagination in South Africa.
Author : John McPhee
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374708460
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)
Download or read book Annals of the Former World written by John McPhee and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2000-06-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 billion years Twenty years ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the United States, he planned to describe a cross section of North America at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the style of the geologists he traveled with. The structure of the book never changed, but its breadth caused him to complete it in stages, under the overall title Annals of the Former World. Like the terrain it covers, Annals of the Former World tells a multilayered tale, and the reader may choose one of many paths through it. As clearly and succinctly written as it is profoundly informed, this is our finest popular survey of geology and a masterpiece of modern nonfiction. Annals of the Former World is the winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction.
