 | Naomi Oreskes - Science - 2001 - 424 pages
Collects eighteen essays on the development of the theory of plate tectonics, covering key concepts, terminology, and the contributions of the scientists who helped develop the ... | |
 | Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway - Science - 2010 - 368 pages
The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists ... | |
 | John A. Stewart - Science - 1990 - 285 pages
"The book provides an excellent historical summary of the debates over continental drift theory in this century." —Contemporary Sociology "This is a useful discussion of the ... | |
 | Walter Sullivan - Science - 1991 - 430 pages
"A history of discovery as revealing as the ways of science." The New York Times "Offers the purest intellectual excitement, the pursuit of knowledge for knowledge's sake ... | |
 | Science - 2012 - 632 pages
The definitive account of the early debate over Wegener's theory of continental drift, based on extensive interviews and archival material. | |
 | Science - 1988 - 313 pages
This innovative book uses the story of how a modern science achieved its present shape and focus to introduce the question of the nature of scientific change and its ... | |
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