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Alfred Wegener : science, exploration, and the theory of continental drift

Title
Alfred Wegener : science, exploration, and the theory of continental drift / Mott T. Greene.
Author
Greene, Mott T., 1945-
Publication
  • Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
  • ©2015

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Description
xiv, 675 pages : illustrations; 27 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biography.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. The boy : Berlin and Brandenburg, 1880-1899 -- 2. The student : Berlin-Heidelberg-Innsbruck-Berlin, 1899-1901 -- 3. The astronomer : Berlin, 1901-1904 -- 4. The aerologist : Lindenberg, 1905-1906 -- 5. The polar meteorologist : Greenland, 1906 -- 6. The Arctic explorer. 1, Greenland, 1907-1908 -- 7. The atmospheric physicist. 1, Berlin and Marburg, 1908-1910 -- 8. The atmospheric physicist. 2, Marburg, 1910 -- 9. At a crossroads : Marburg, 1911 -- 10. The theorist of continental drift. 1, Marburg, December 1911-February 1912 -- 11. The theorist of continental drift. 2, Marburg, February-April 1912 -- 12. The Arctic explorer. 2, Greenland, 1912-1913 -- 13. The soldier : Marburg and "the field," 1913-1915 -- 14. The meteorologist : "in the field," 1916-1918 -- 15. The geophysicist : Hamburg, 1919-1920 -- 16. From geophysicist to climatologist : Hamburg, 1920-1922 -- 17. The paleoclimatologist : Hamburg, 1922-1924 -- 18. The professor : Graz, 1924-1928 -- 19. Theorist and Arctic explorer : Graz and Greenland, 1928-1929 -- 20. The expedition leader : Graz and Greenland, 1929-1930 -- Epilogue.
Call Number
JFF 16-541
ISBN
  • 9781421417127
  • 142141712X
LCCN
2014039517
OCLC
893721595
Author
Greene, Mott T., 1945- author.
Title
Alfred Wegener : science, exploration, and the theory of continental drift / Mott T. Greene.
Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFF 16-541
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