02348nam 2200649Ia 450 991045852480332120200520144314.00-19-756118-71-280-76154-797866107615480-19-535360-9(CKB)1000000000403639(EBL)431172(OCoLC)434890972(SSID)ssj0000235216(PQKBManifestationID)11205487(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235216(PQKBWorkID)10246705(PQKB)11372236(MiAaPQ)EBC431172(StDuBDS)EDZ0002342117(Au-PeEL)EBL431172(CaPaEBR)ebr10329649(CaONFJC)MIL76154(EXLCZ)99100000000040363919980403d1999 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe rejection of continental drift[electronic resource] theory and method in American earth science /Naomi OreskesNew York Oxford University Press19991 online resource (433 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1999.0-19-511732-8 0-19-511733-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-403) and index.Contents; Introduction: The Instability of Scientific Truth; I: Not the Mechanism; II: Theory and Method; III: A Revolution in Acceptance; Epilogue: Utility and Truth; Notes; Bibliography; IndexWhy did American geologists reject the notion of continental drift, first posed in 1915? And why did British scientists view the theory as a pleasing confirmation? This text, based on archival resources, provides answers to these questions.Oxford scholarship online.Continental driftGeologyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Continental drift.GeologyHistory551.136551.13601Oreskes Naomi793631MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458524803321The rejection of continental drift2105064UNINA