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