Geology and the Pioneers of Earth Science

by Mike Leeder

Momentous changes in geology came about in the 1960s. These were partly the result of the application of discoveries in the basic sciences (physics, chemistry) over the previous six decades, but also technological innovations made during and after World War II.

The background to the origin of such changes - the efforts of the 'pioneers' who changed geology to earth science - has been neglected by historians of science and is the subject of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780461062
• ISBN13: 9781780461069
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 240 Pages