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003			ISI Library, Kolkata
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008			110112s2012 enkab b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780521875073 (Set)
020			_a9780521875042 (v. 1 : hbk.)
020			_a9780521875059 (v. 2 : hbk.)
020			_a9780521875066 (v. 3 : hbk.)
020			_a9781107019942 (v. 4 : hbk.)
040			_aISI Library
082	0	4	_a551.136 _223 _bF829
100	1		_aFrankel, Henry R., _eauthor
245	1	0	_aContinental drift controversy / _cHenry Frankel.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a4 volumes : _billustrations, maps ; _c26 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_aVolume1. Wegener and the early debate -- Volume2. Paleomagnetism and confirmation of drift -- Volume3. Introduction of seafloor spreading -- Volume4. Evolution into plate tectonics.
520			_a"Resolution of the sixty year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth Science. This three-volume treatise on the continental drift controversy is the first complete history of the origin, debate and gradual acceptance of this revolutionary theory. Based on extensive interviews, archival papers and original works, Frankel weaves together the lives and work of the scientists involved, producing an accessible narrative for scientists and non-scientists alike. This first volume covers the period in the early 1900s when Wegener first pointed out that the Earth's major landmasses could be fitted together like a jigsaw and went on to propose that the continents had once been joined together in a single landmass, which he named Pangaea. It describes the reception of Wegener's theory as it splintered into sub-controversies and geoscientists became divided between the 'fixists' and 'mobilists'"--
650		0	_aContinental drift _xResarch _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aAcademic disputations _xHistory _y20th century.
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