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Tuzo : The Unlikely Revolutionary of Plate Tectonics.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eyles, Nick.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wilson, J. Tuzo (John Tuzo), 1908-1993.
- Wilson, J. Tuzo.
- Geologists--Canada--Biography.
- Geologists.
- Plate tectonics--History.
- Plate tectonics.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- Tuzo is the never-before-told story of one of Canada's most influential scientists and the discovery of plate tectonics, a pivotal development that forever altered how we think of our planet.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Praise for Tuzo: The Unlikely Revolutionary of Plate Tectonics
- Other books by Nick Eyles
- CONTENTS
- Origins and Acknowledgments
- Prologue. The Day the Earth Moved
- Chapter 1 In the Beginning
- Chapter 2 Continents Adrift?
- Chapter 3 Sources of Friction
- Chapter 4 Permanentist Foundations
- Chapter 5 Tuzo’s War
- Chapter 6 A Geologist in a Strange Land
- Chapter 7 Seismic Shift
- Chapter 8 The New World of Plate Tectonics
- Chapter 9 An Unlikely Revolutionary
- Appendices
- Appendix I: Medals and Awards
- Appendix II: Select Primary Sources
- Appendix III: The Geological Timescale
- Glossary
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4875-3499-X
- 1-4875-3498-1
- OCLC:
- 1329432385
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