Reading Guide
PART 1:
Gabriel Gohau, "Continental Drift"
Read this as background.
PART 2:
[for class discussion] Profile the perspective of your character, including especially (1) when they accepted continental drift and (2) why (what reasons or evidence were critical?) If possible, also find (3) how they learned or were introduced to the idea:
- Harold Jeffreys [2,3,5,6] -- ; author of geol. textbook (many eds.)
- G.G. Simpson [2,3,6] -- ; *biography & autobiography
- Keith Runcorn [1,2,3,6] --
- Samuel Warren Carey [2,5,6] -- ; *1958 book
- Bruce Heezen [& Maria Tharp] [1,2,6] -- ; Sci. Amer. article 1960
- Harry Hess [1,2,3,5,6]--
- Ronald Mason [& Arthur Raff] [1,4,6]--
- Fred Vine [1,2,4,5,6] --
- Drummond Matthews [1,2,5,6] --
- Lawrence Morley [*1,4,6] -- ; see also 1963 Annual Meeting of the Royal Society of Canada
- Maurice Ewing [1,2,3,~5,6] --
- Neil Opdyke[1,2,4,5,6] --
- Richard Doell [& Allan Cox] [1,2,5,6] --
- Walter Pitman [1,2,4,5,6] --
- Edward Bullard [1,2,3,6] --
- J. Tuzo Wilson [1,2,5,6] --
A written summary should be submitted electronically before Thanksgiving break (Wednesday, Nov. 23, 10pm). Your summary should explicitly set your individual's role in the context of Gohau's brief history.
The following books [on 2-hour reserve at Walter Library] are good general guides. They may help you sketch the general position of your character and find relevant original literature by individuals:
- [1] Glen, William. 1982. The Road to Jaramillo. Stanford Univ. Press. [QE511.4 G53]
- [2] LeGrand, Homer E. 1988. Drifting Continents and Shifting Theories. Cmabridge Univ. Press. [QE511.5 L44]
- [3] Oreskes, Naomi. 1999. The Rejection of Continental Drift. Oxford Univ. Press [QE511.5 O74]
- [4] Oreskes, Naomi (ed.) 2003. Plate Tectonics: An Insider's Guide. [QE511.4 P53x]
- [5] Stewart, John A. 1990. Drifting Continents and Colliding Paradigms. [QE511.5 S86]
- [6] Wood. Robert Muir. 1985. The Dark Side of the Earth. [QE11.W66]
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