Alfred Wegener: Science, Exploration, and the Theory of Continental Drift

Greene, Mott T.

ISBN 10: 1421427095 / ISBN 13: 9781421427096

Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018

About this Item

This paperback has some light rubbing of the covers, no creasing. Interior text is clean and tight in binding. Some occasional black and whit illustrations. No ownership or other markings.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alfred Wegener: Science, Exploration, and the Theory of Continental Drift
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1421427095
• ISBN 13: 9781421427096
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Various
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

A masterful biography of Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), the German scientist who discovered continental drift.

About the Author

Mott T. Greene is an affiliate professor of earth and space sciences at the University of Washington and John Magee Professor of Science and Values emeritus at the University of Puget Sound. He is the author of Geology in the Nineteenth Century: Changing View of a Changing World and Natural Knowledge in Preclassical Antiquity.