5. “Reading Ourselves into the Subject”: Geophysics and the Revival of Continental Drift, 1951–1965

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS viii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
5. Introduction: A Life of Controversy 1
6. 1. The Shaping of a Scientific Politics: From the Royal Navy to the British Left, 1914–1945 13
7. 2. Laboratory Life and the Craft of Nuclear Physics, 1921–1947 42
8. 3. Corridors of Power: Operational Research and Atomic Weapons, 1936–1962 65
9. 4. Temptations of Theory, Strategies of Evidence: Investigating the Earth's Magnetism, 1947–1952 100
10. 5. “Reading Ourselves into the Subject”: Geophysics and the Revival of Continental Drift, 1951–1965 120
11. 6. Scientific Leadership: Recognition, Organization, Policy, 1945–1974 143
12. Conclusion: Style and Character in a Scientific Life 169
13. NOTES 185
14. INDEX 249