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.