The Road to Jaramillo: Critical Years of the Revolution in Earth Science - Hardcover

Glen, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0804711194 ISBN 13: 9780804711197

Publisher: Stanford University Press, 1982

Synopsis

Pp. xvi, (4), 459; 71 black-and-white photos, 36 line-drawings (diagrams and graphs). Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. Describes how an international cast of scientists produced the discovery that brought about the plate-tectonics revolution. Working mainly in the decade 1957-1966, these scientists tackled the seemingly unrelated problems of young-rock dating, geomagnetic polarity reversals and sea-floor spreading and unified them into the theory of continental drift. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This is the story, told here for the first time, of how an international cast of scientists produced the discoveries that brought about the plate-tectonics revolution. In preparing this book the author interviewed virtually all of the important contributors to that critical decade of research, 1957-66. Working in the tradition of history of science, he explores personal relationships, institutional support, and the rivalries and frictions between and within research groups.

About this edition

• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0804711194
• ISBN 13: 9780804711197
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480