From local patriotism to a planetary perspective : impact crater research in Germany, 1930s - 1970s

Kölbl-Ebert, Martina,

From local patriotism to a planetary perspective : impact crater research in Germany, 1930s - 1970s Martina Kölbl-Ebert, Jura-Museum Eichstätt, Germany. - xxi, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing the smoking gun -- Early impactists and their sources -- Dismissing the impact I -- A letter from Berlin -- Kaalijärv crater and Köfels landslide -- Impact physics--beyond human imagination -- German geology -- Setting the stage -- The tide is turning -- Dismissing the impact II -- Testing an old theory -- Ries crater--a terrestrial proxy for the moon -- From local patriotism to a planetary perspective.

9781472438867 (hbk) 1472438868 (hbk)

2014024646


Impact craters--Research--History--Germany--20th century.
Geology, Structural--Germany.

QE612.5.G3 / K65 2015

551.3/97072043