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Zusatztext "Informative! interesting! and provocative! and! as a personal history of the workings of a science! it is superb." Informationen zum Autor Kenneth Jinghwa Hsü Klappentext The famous geological research ship Glomar Challenger was a radically new instrument that revolutionized earth science in the same sense that the cyclotron revolutionized nuclear physics, and its deep-sea drilling voyages, conducted from 1968 through 1983, were some of the great scientific adventures of our time. Beginning with the vessel's first cruises, which lent support to the idea of continental drift, the Challenger played a key part in the widely publicized plate-tectonics revolution and its challenge to more conventional theories.Originally published in 1992.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Zusammenfassung The famous geological research ship Glomar Challenger was a radically new instrument that revolutionized earth science in the same sense that the cyclotron revolutionized nuclear physics, and its deep-sea drilling voyages, conducted from 1968 through 1983, were some of the great scientific adventures of our time. Beginning with the vessel's first c List of Figures Ch. 2Ice Age and LOCO Ch. 3The Challenger Goes to Sea: The Inauguration of Glomar Challenger Ch. 4The Earth Science Revolution Pt. 2The Breakthrough, 1968-1973 Ch. 6Atlantic and Tethys Ch. 7Arc and Trench in the Mediterranean Ch. 8Swallowing Up of the Ocean Floor Ch. 9Marginal Seas Ch. 10Hope and Frustration in Nauru Ch. 11Hawaiian Hot-Spot Ch. 12India's Long March Pt. 3Exploring New Territories, 1973-1975 Ch. 14Mid-Cretaceous Anoxia Ch. 15When the Mediterranean Dried Up Ch. 16The Black Sea Was Not Always Black Pt. 4Seeding a New Revolution While Mopping Up, 1975-1983 Ch. 18Eating Peanuts on Ocean Margins Ch. 19What Makes the Ocean Run Ch. 20The Great Dying Epilogue Appendix A: Deep-Sea Drilling Legs Appendix B: Bibliographical Notes Index ...
