LEADER 02348nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910458524803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-756118-7 010 $a1-280-76154-7 010 $a9786610761548 010 $a0-19-535360-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000403639 035 $a(EBL)431172 035 $a(OCoLC)434890972 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000235216 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11205487 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235216 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10246705 035 $a(PQKB)11372236 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431172 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002342117 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431172 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10329649 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL76154 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000403639 100 $a19980403d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe rejection of continental drift$b[electronic resource] $etheory and method in American earth science /$fNaomi Oreskes 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (433 p.) 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 1999. 311 $a0-19-511732-8 311 $a0-19-511733-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 371-403) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 8 $aWhy did American geologists reject the notion of continental drift, first posed in 1915? And why did British scientists view the theory as a pleasing confirmation? This text, based on archival resources, provides answers to these questions. 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 606 $aContinental drift 606 $aGeology$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aContinental drift. 615 0$aGeology$xHistory 676 $a551.136 676 $a551.13601 700 $aOreskes$b Naomi$0793631 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458524803321 996 $aThe rejection of continental drift$92105064 997 $aUNINA