Tuzo

The Unlikely Revolutionary of Plate Tectonics

Nick Eyles (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2022
Aevo Utp (Verlag)
978-1-4875-6360-8 (ISBN)

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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.

In 1961, a Canadian geologist named John "Jock" Tuzo Wilson (1908–1993) jettisoned decades of strongly held opposition to theories of moving continents and embraced the idea that they drift across the surface of the Earth.

Tuzo tells the fascinating life story of Tuzo Wilson, from his early forays as a teenaged geological assistant working on the remote Canadian Shield in the 1920s to his experiences as a civilian-soldier in the Second World War to his ultimate role as the venerated father of plate tectonics. Illuminating how science is done, this book blends Tuzo’s life story with the development of the theory of plate tectonics, showing along the way how scientific theories are debated, rejected, and accepted. Gorgeously illustrated, Tuzo will appeal to anyone interested in the natural world around them.

Nick Eyles is the award-winning author of multiple books, including Canada Rocks: The Geologic Journey and Road Rocks Ontario: Over 250 Geological Wonders to Discover. He is the recipient of the McNeil Medal from the Royal Society of Canada and the E.R. Ward Neale Medal from the Geological Association of Canada. He is a professor in the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough.

Prologue: The Day the Earth Moved

1. In the Beginning
2. Continents Adrift?
3. Sources of Friction
4. Permanentist Foundations
5. Tuzo’s War
6. A Geologist in a Strange Land
7. Seismic Shift
8. The New World of Plate Tectonics
9. An Unlikely Revolutionary

Appendix I: Medals and Awards
Appendix II: Select Primary Sources
Appendix III: The Geological Timescale
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	15.10.2022
Zusatzinfo	54 colour illustrations, 49 b&w illustrations, 46 colour maps, 21 b&w figures
Sprache	englisch
Maße	226 x 226 mm
Gewicht	920 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
ISBN-10	1-4875-6360-4 / 1487563604
ISBN-13	978-1-4875-6360-8 / 9781487563608
Zustand	Neuware