On Shifting Ground: the Story of Continental Drift
- List Price: $25.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Facts on File
- Publish date: 08/01/1997
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This revolutionary set highlights, not just the "what" of science, but more important the "why, " the "how, " and the "who." Science and Society brings science to life by showing students the factors that motivate research and how scientists compete and collaborate with one another. Each book demonstrates the connections between science and society, especially in controversial areas, and illustrates how society supports science and science supports society. The set elucidates the real, colorful personalitie of the people behind the sciences.
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This volume focuses on the relationship between the government sponsors and the research people they supported in plate tectonics. Coverage includes a discussion of how the U.S. Navy provided the necessary resources that allowed the workers at Columbia University's Lamont Laboratory and the people at the Scripps Institute/U.C. San Diego to collect the oceanographic data that ultimately led to the tectonic revolution in geophysics.
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