Hutchinson trends in science Earth sciences [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon, : Helicon, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Disciplina: 550.904
• Soggetto topico: Earth sciences; Earth sciences - History - 20th century; Earth scientists
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: "" Hutchinson Trends in Science: Earth Sciences""; ""Preface""; "" Table of contents""; "" Overview: earth sciences in the 20th century""; ""Understanding Earth's materials""; ""Earth's deep interior""; ""Geological time""; ""The chemistry of Earth's near surface""; ""Climate and global warming""; ""Life on Earth""; ""Plate tectonics""; ""Beyond plate tectonics""; ""Hazard Assessment""; ""Remote Sensing""; ""Planetary Geology""; "" Chronology""; "" Biographical sketches""; ""Adams, Leason Heberling (1887-1969)""; ""Anderson, Don Lynn (1933-)""; ""Anthes, Richard (Allen) (1944-)"" ; ""Bailey, Edward Batersby (1881-1965)""""Benioff, (Victor) Hugo (1899-1968)""; ""Birch, (Albert) Francis (1903-992)""; ""Bjerknes, Vilhelm Firman Koren (1862-1951)""; ""Boltwood, Bertram (1870-1927)""; ""Bowen, Norman Levi (1887-1956)""; ""Bridgman, Percy Williams (1882-1961)""; ""Bullard, Edward Crisp (1907-1980)""; ""Charney, Jule Gregory (1917-1981)""; ""Cloos, Ernst (1898-1974)""; ""Cox, Allan V(erne) (1926-1987)""; ""Crutzen, Paul (1933-)""; ""Du Toit, Alexander Logie (1878-1948)""; ""Dziewonski, Adam Marian (1936-)""; ""Edinger, Tilly (1897-1967)"" ; ""born Johanna Gabrielle Ottilie Edinger""""Elsasser, Walter Maurice (1904-1991)""; ""Eskola, Pentti Eelis (1883-1964)""; ""Ewing, (William) Maurice (1906-1974)""; ""Fleming, John Adam (1877-1956)""; ""Gardner, Julia (Anna) (1882-1960)""; ""Goldring, Winifred (1888-1971)""; ""Goldschmidt, Victor Moritz (1888-1947)""; ""geochemistry""; ""life""; ""Gould, Stephen Jay (1941-2002)""; ""Gutenberg, Beno (1889-1960)""; ""Hess, Harry Hammond (19061969)""; ""Holmes, Arthur (1890-1965)""; ""Knopf, Eleanora Frances (1883-1974)""; ""born Eleanora Frances Bliss"" ; ""Le Pichon, Xavier (1937-)""""Libby, Willard Frank (1908-1980)""; ""Lovelock, James Ephraim (1919-)""; ""Matsuyama, Motonori (1884-1958)""; ""Miller, Stanley Lloyd (1930-)""; ""Mohorovicic, Andrija (1857-1936)""; ""Oldham, Richard Dixon (1858-1936)""; ""Patterson, Colin (1933-1998)""; ""Richter, Charles Francis (1900-1985)""; ""Stommel, Henry M(elson) (1920-)""; ""Urey, Harold Clayton (1893-1981)""; ""Vine, Frederick John (1939-)""; ""Wegener, Alfred Lothar (1880-1930)""; ""Wilson, John Tuzo (1908-1993)""; "" Web sites"" ; ""Adventures in the Learning Web""""Atlapedia""; ""Alternative Technology""; ""Arctic Circle""; ""Avalanche!""; ""Avalanche Awareness""; ""Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916""; ""Bodleian Library Map Room The Map Case""; ""British Geological Survey Global Seismology and Geomagnetism Group Earthquake Page""; ""Cambrian Period: Life Goes for a Spin""; ""Causes of Climate Change""; ""Clouds and Precipitation""; ""Coasts in Crisis""; ""Composition of Rocks""; ""Coriolis Effect""; ""Cracking the Ice Age""; ""Dan's Wild Wild Weather Page"" ; ""Department of Atmospheric Sciences""
• Sommario/riassunto: Overview of the development of earth science in the 20th century.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hutchinson trends in science
• ISBN: 1-280-75863-5; 9786610758630
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826806903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Hutchinson trends in science.