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Author:   Martina Kolbl-Ebert ,  Dr. Ernst Hamm ,  Dr. Robert M. Brain
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.884kg
ISBN:  

9781472438867

ISBN 10:   1472438868
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   18 March 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Introducing the smoking gun; Early impactists and their sources; Dismissing impact I; A letter from Berlin; Kaalijärv Crater and Köfels 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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"’I strongly recommend this book on the basis of its topic and its larger themes, but also on the strength of its scholarship. Scholars working on other aspects of German participation in geoscience will discover a great deal of useful information in Martina Kölbl-Ebert’s study of the impact/volcanic controversy as it unfolded around these specific locales in Germany.’ International Commission on the History of the Geological Sciences ""This work is probably best described as an important contribution to the literature and a highly readable academic monograph (...) it is a vital resource for historians of the twentieth-century geosciences, as well as anyone interested in the cultural and social contexts that constrain science, offering as it does an excellent analysis in English of a global scientific debate centred on German ideas and geology."" - Leucha Veneer in Archives of Natural History, 2017"

This work is probably best described as an important contribution to the literature and a highly readable academic monograph (...) it is a vital resource for historians of the twentieth-century geosciences, as well as anyone interested in the cultural and social contexts that constrain science, offering as it does an excellent analysis in English of a global scientific debate centred on German ideas and geology. - Leucha Veneer in Archives of Natural History, 2017

'I strongly recommend this book on the basis of its topic and its larger themes, but also on the strength of its scholarship. Scholars working on other aspects of German participation in geoscience will discover a great deal of useful information in Martina Kolbl-Ebert's study of the impact/volcanic controversy as it unfolded around these specific locales in Germany.' International Commission on the History of the Geological Sciences

This work is probably best described as an important contribution to the literature and a highly readable academic monograph (...) it is a vital resource for historians of the twentieth-century geosciences, as well as anyone interested in the cultural and social contexts that constrain science, offering as it does an excellent analysis in English of a global scientific debate centred on German ideas and geology. - Leucha Veneer in Archives of Natural History, 2017

Author Information

Dr Martina Kolbl-Ebert is director of the Jura-Museum Eichstatt and curator of the natural history collections of the Bishop's Seminary in Eichstatt, Germany. Her principal research interests are in the history of geosciences.

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