History of Earth Sciences

Fifty years later, History of Earth Sciences seeks both to present the research that has illuminated the evolution of ideas about the Earth – from Antiquity to the very beginning of the twentieth century – and to offer students, as well as anyone interested in the development of the Earth sciences, a general, focused and precise text designed as both an introduction and an invitation to pursue the study of this history. In this book, the history concludes with Alfred Wegener’s mobilist theory.