Author: Richard D. Law
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 886
ISBN-13: 9781862393004
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Geological Survey's 1907 Memoir 'The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland' outlined many of the principles of field-based structural and tectonic analysis that have subsequently guided generations of geologists working in other mountain belts, both ancient and modern. These 32 papers celebrate the centenary of the 1907 Memoir by placing the original findings in both historical and modern contexts, and juxtaposing them against present-day studies of deformation processes operating not only in the NW Highlands, but also in other mountain belts.
Author: Angela N. H. Creager
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2007-09-03
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 0822390248
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Physicists regularly invoke universal laws, such as those of motion and electromagnetism, to explain events. Biological and medical scientists have no such laws. How then do they acquire a reliable body of knowledge about biological organisms and human disease? One way is by repeatedly returning to, manipulating, observing, interpreting, and reinterpreting certain subjects—such as flies, mice, worms, or microbes—or, as they are known in biology, “model systems.” Across the natural and social sciences, other disciplinary fields have developed canonical examples that have played a role comparable to that of biology’s model systems, serving not only as points of reference and illustrations of general principles or values but also as sites of continued investigation and reinterpretation. The essays in this collection assess the scope and function of model objects in domains as diverse as biology, geology, and history, attending to differences between fields as well as to epistemological commonalities. Contributors examine the role of the fruit fly Drosophila and nematode worms in biology, troops of baboons in primatology, box and digital simulations of the movement of the earth’s crust in geology, and meteorological models in climatology. They analyze the intensive study of the prisoner’s dilemma in game theory, ritual in anthropology, the individual case in psychoanalytic research, and Athenian democracy in political theory. The contributors illuminate the processes through which particular organisms, cases, materials, or narratives become foundational to their fields, and they examine how these foundational exemplars—from the fruit fly to Freud’s Dora—shape the knowledge produced within their disciplines. Contributors Rachel A. Ankeny Angela N. H. Creager Amy Dahan Dalmedico John Forrester Clifford Geertz Carlo Ginzburg E. Jane Albert Hubbard Elizabeth Lunbeck Mary S. Morgan Josiah Ober Naomi Oreskes Susan Sperling Marcel Weber M. Norton Wise
Author: Geological Society of South Africa
Publisher:
Published: 1905
Total Pages: 630
ISBN-13:
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Author: J.A. Hammerstein
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 2020-10-14
Total Pages: 455
ISBN-13: 1786204479
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The outer parts of collision mountain belts are commonly represented by fold and thrust belts. Major advances in understanding these tectonic settings have arisen from regional studies that integrate diverse geological information in quests to find and produce hydrocarbons. Drilling has provided tests of subsurface forecasts, challenging interpretation strategies and structural models. This volume contains 19 papers that illustrate a diversity of methods and approaches together with case studies from Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. Collectively they show that appreciating diversity is key for developing better interpretations of complex geological structures in the subsurface – endeavours that span applications beyond the development of hydrocarbons.
Author: Frank Dawson Adams
Publisher: S.l. : s.n.
Published: 1901
Total Pages: 60
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: National Academy of Sciences
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1994-02-01
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 0309049784
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Biographic Memoirs: Volume 64 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works. Each biographical essay was written by a member of the Academy familiar with the professional career of the deceased. For historical and bibliographical purposes, these volumes are worth returning to time and again.
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain)
Publisher:
Published: 1915
Total Pages: 1044
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Publisher:
Published: 1915
Total Pages: 500
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Royal Society (Great Britain)
Publisher:
Published: 1915
Total Pages: 1044
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