Cambridge University Press, Date: 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. A firm and square hardback with strong joints, just showing a few very minor rubs. Hence a non-text page has a small 'damaged' stamp. Despite such this book is actually in nearly new condition. Thus the contents are crisp, fresh and tight; no pen-marks. Now offered for sale at a very sensible price. Please note: this is volume 1 only of a 4 volume set. 2012. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521875048 9780521875042 [GB]

Cambridge University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521875048 9780521875042 [US]

Cambridge University Press CUP , pp. 604, Maps . Hardback. Used. Cambridge University Press CUP ISBN 0521875048 9780521875042 [US]

ISBN10: 0521875048, ISBN13: 9780521875042, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'Resolution of the sixty year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth Science. This three-volume treatise on the continental drift controversy is the first complete history of the origin, debate and gradual acceptance of this revolutionary theory. Based on extensive interviews, archival papers and original works, Frankel weaves together the lives and work of the scientists involved, producing an accessible narrative for scientists and non-scientists alike. This first volume covers the period in the early 1900s when Wegener first pointed out that the Earth's major landmasses could be fitted together like a jigsaw and went on to propose that the continents had once been joined together in a single landmass, which he named Pangaea. It describes the reception of Wegener's theory as it splintered into sub-controversies and geoscientists became divided between the 'fixists' and 'mobilists''--
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2012]
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