‘Africa Forms the Key’ Alex Du Toit and the History of Continental Drift /
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| সংস্থা লেখক: | |
| সংক্ষিপ্ত: | XI, 271 p. 6 illus. text |
| ভাষা: | ইংরেজি |
| প্রকাশিত: |
Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2021.
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| সংস্করন: | 1st ed. 2021. |
| মালা: | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,
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| বিষয়গুলি: | |
| অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52711-2 |
| বিন্যাস: | বৈদ্যুতিক গ্রন্থ |
সূচিপত্রের সারণি:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 In the Beginning…: Geology in South Africa and the Early Years of Alex Du Toit.-3 A World in a Grain of Sand: A Brief History of Geology and the Origins of Continental Drift Theory
- 4 Bedrock: Geology and the Shaping of a Nation
- 5 On the Shoulders of Giants: Early Drift Theorists
- 6 Looking Through … the Keyhole of Nature: Du Toit and Early Continental Drift
- 7 And Yet It Moves…: Du Toit’s South American Journey
- 8 The Cradle of Humankind: A Pivotal Decade for Science in South Africa
- 9 Our Wandering Continents: Du Toit’s Definitive Work, Controversy and Consensus
- 10 A Frozen History of the Past: Antarctica, Gondwana and an Unfulfilled Dream
- 11 The Final Years
- 12 Pale Blue Dot: Conclusions.