From Gondwanaland, with love : the tale of how Boston got its rocks
Thesis (S.M. in Science Writing)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Humanities, Graduate Program in Science Writing, 2006.
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| author | Cull, Selby (Selby C.) |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/394472022-02-07T15:59:29Z From Gondwanaland, with love : the tale of how Boston got its rocks Cull, Selby (Selby C.) Thomas Levenson. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing MIT Program in Writing & Humanistic Studies Graduate Program in Science Writing. Thesis (S.M. in Science Writing)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Humanities, Graduate Program in Science Writing, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 26-27). The rocks on which the city of Boston was built did not form as part of North America. They formed about 600 million years ago, at the South Pole, as the northern coast of a supercontinent called Gondwanaland. Boston's journey from the South Pole to its current location traces the world's geologic history over that period of time, including the emergence of animal life as we know it, the formation and destruction of Pangaea, and the rise and fall of the dinosaurs. More than that, though: the history of our understanding of Boston's journey illustrates how geologists think about their world, and how their ideas have changed over the last 150 years in one of science's great revolutions. by Selby Cull. S.M.in Science Writing 2007-11-15T18:09:19Z 2007-11-15T18:09:19Z 2006 2006 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39447 86110716 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 27 leaves application/pdf n-us-ma Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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