Why did American geologists reject the notion of continental drift, first posed in 1915? And why did British scientists view the theory as a pleasing confirmati

A source of profound influence and controversy, this landmark 1915 work explains various phenomena of historical geology, geomorphy, paleontology, paleoclimatol

The book should be of interest not only to earth scientists, students of polar travel and exploration, and historians but to all readers who are fascinated by t

Describes the expansion of the land-based paleomagnetic case for drifting continents and recounts the golden age of marine geoscience.

A fascinating historical account of the emergence and development of the new interdisciplinary field of deep carbon science.