From local patriotism to a planetary perspective : impact crater research in Germany, 1930s-1970s
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書誌事項
From local patriotism to a planetary perspective : impact crater research in Germany, 1930s-1970s
(Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945)
Ashgate, c2015
- : hbk
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  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-371) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The Noerdlinger Ries and Steinheim Basin, two conspicuous geological structures in southern Germany, were traditionally viewed as somewhat enigmatic but nevertheless definitely volcanic edifices until they were finally recognized as impact craters in the 1960s. The changing views about the origin of the craters mark an important paradigm shift in the Earth sciences, from an Earth-centric approach to a planetary perspective that acknowledged Earth's place in the wider cosmos. Drawing on a range of printed sources, detailed archival material, letters, personal notes, and interviews with veterans of Ries research, Martina Koelbl-Ebert provides a detailed reconstruction, not only of the historical sequence of events throughout the twentieth century, but also of the personal thoughts, emotions and motives of the scientists involved and the social context of their research. She shows that there was a sudden reconnection of German researchers with the international scientific community, particularly with more progressive American researchers, after some twenty-five years of scientific isolation during the build-up to WWII and its aftermath. This reconnection brought about not only a new view of geoscience, but also saved German geology from self-sufficiency and patriotic arrogance by integrating it in an interdisciplinary and international framework. In so doing this book sheds much valuable light on an under-explored but crucial development in the way we understand Earth's history, as well as the way that science functioned during times of conflict.
目次
- Preface
- Introducing the smoking gun
- Early impactists and their sources
- Dismissing impact I
- A letter from Berlin
- Kaalijarv Crater and Koefels landslide
- Impact physics - beyond human imagination
- 'German geology'
- Setting the stage
- The tide is turning
- Dismissing impact II
- Testing an old theory
- Ries Crater - a terrestrial proxy for the Moon
- From local patriotism to a planetary perspective
- Glossary
- References
- Index.
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