Theories of the Earth and Universe: A History of Dogma in the Earth Sciences

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 436 pages
• Published by: Stanford University Press
• Edition: 1st Edition March 1, 1988
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0804713642
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0804713641
• Book Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches
• Weighs: 1.7 pounds

From Library Journal
This book is about the history of geology and its theories. Carey, long-time professor in Tasmania, reviews the problems seemingly always encountered when new ideas (whether about fossils or mountain building) displace old ones. An early adherent of the idea of continental movement over the earth's surface, Carey ascribes such movement to an expanding earth rather than to movement over its own substrata, as is generally accepted. There is an amazing amount of information for general readers to devour in this fine volume. (Illustrations not seen.) R.G. Schipf, Univ. of Montana Lib., Missoula
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Reader Reviews
This is an amazing book. It is well written and is a balance between popular reading and scientific lucidity to influence professionals. It has been clearly overlooked and unanswered. The basic premise is that Wegener's "Continental Dispacement" theory is correct, but not due to current "Plate Tectonic" reasoning. That theory makes a universally popular but faulty assumption that the Earth has had a consistent diameter. Carey as an expert geologist shows and directs to numerous other sources that the earth has significantly expanded from perhaps 55% of it's present size within the past 200 million years. This book is as far reaching in it's portent as any great scholars such as Darwin. The professor died in 2002 and this work is a 6 decade lagacy. Brilliant for taking such a stand.