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001 2014016926
003 DLC
005 20150619081529.0
008 140430s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014016926
020 $a9780231164481 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0231164483 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $z9780231538459 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aQE11$b.P69 2015
082 00 $a550$223
100 1 $aPowell, James Lawrence,$d1936-
245 10 $aFour revolutions in the earth sciences :$bfrom heresy to truth /$cJames Lawrence Powell.
264 1 $aNew York :$bColumbia University Press,$c[2015]
264 4 $c©2015
300 $axvi, 367 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 333-349) and index.
505 0 $aMachine generated contents note: pt. I DEEP TIME -- The Abyss of Time -- A Great Mistake Has Been Made -- The Bank of Time -- Account Overdrawn -- Strange Rays -- An Hourglass of Great Precision -- Geochronology -- Duck Soup -- pt. II CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND PLATE TECTONICS -- An Idea to Pursue -- A Very Trusting Man -- Dead on Arrival -- Geologists Unite Against Heresy -- Continental Drift: Not Even Wrong -- Postwar Surprises -- Wandering Poles or Drifting Continents? -- The Final Confrontation -- Spreading Seafloors -- HypotHESSes -- The Discovery of the Century -- All This Rubbish -- pt. III METEORITE IMPACT -- A Trivial Process -- To Hunt a Star -- The Moon's Face -- Rosetta Stone -- To a Rocky Moon -- Worlds in Collision -- Dinosaur Killer -- Out with a Bang -- Cosmic Pinball -- pt. IV GLOBAL WARMING -- Origins of the CO2 Theory -- Tedious Calculations of Extraordinary Interest -- Destructive Criticism -- A Unique Experiment of Planetary Dimensions -- Giant Brains --
505 0 $aContents note continued: Warming Is Unequivocal -- From Heresy to Truth.
650 0 $aGeology$xHistory.
650 0 $aGeological time.
650 0 $aContinental drift.
650 0 $aMeteoritic hypothesis.
650 0 $aGlobal warming.