Philosophy
So, after watching Brian Cox's documentary Wonders of the Solar System, you now have a basic idea of how the solar system came together. But what about our own planet?
Things may normally look stable and sedentary to our eyes, but there are still great geological forces constantly at work (hot enough to liquify rocks!), reshaping the planet and literally moving the ground beneath us...
And for this next part, I will admit almost complete ignorance: I have no idea how they've managed to reconstruct this much geological history, so for all I know, this could be a combination of evidence-based reconstruction mixed with a bit of theoretical speculation.
Any geologists out there who can help clarify?
- New Book By David A. Weintraub..."how Old Is The Universe?"
How Old Is the Universe? by David A. Weintraub [David A. Weintraub is professor of astronomy at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of Is Pluto a Planet?: A Historical Journey through the Solar System.] ISBN-10: 0691147310 ISBN-13: 978-0691147314...
- Yesterday [2006] Pluto Was Declared A Non-planet
"Aug. 24, 2006: Pluto Deplanetized" by Tony Long and Doug Cornelius August 24th, 2010 Wired 2006: Pluto, once the ninth planet from the sun, is downgraded to a mere “dwarf planet.” Our solar system loses a favorite kid brother and now has, officially,...
- Johns Hopkins' 1st Woman Ph.d. In 1893--florence Bascom
Florence Bascom July 14th, 1862 to June 18th, 1945 Geological Society of America's magazine... Bascom was the first woman hired by the U.S. Geological Survey (1896), the first woman to present a paper before the Geological Society of Washington (1901),...
- Alas Poor Pluto, I Knew Him Well
"Poor Pluto: Number Of Dwarf Planets Increases" April 26th, 2010 SPACE DAILY New research from the Australian National University has further reduced the status of Pluto by suggesting there are many more dwarf planets in the Solar System than previously...
- Nova's "pluto Files"
Tonight on most public broadcasting stations NOVA will offer a program entitled Pluto Files. Since its discovery in 1930, Pluto has held a warm place in the public imagination. So, when the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium...
Philosophy
The Early Earth and Plate Tectonics
So, after watching Brian Cox's documentary Wonders of the Solar System, you now have a basic idea of how the solar system came together. But what about our own planet?Things may normally look stable and sedentary to our eyes, but there are still great geological forces constantly at work (hot enough to liquify rocks!), reshaping the planet and literally moving the ground beneath us...
And for this next part, I will admit almost complete ignorance: I have no idea how they've managed to reconstruct this much geological history, so for all I know, this could be a combination of evidence-based reconstruction mixed with a bit of theoretical speculation.
Any geologists out there who can help clarify?
- New Book By David A. Weintraub..."how Old Is The Universe?"
How Old Is the Universe? by David A. Weintraub [David A. Weintraub is professor of astronomy at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of Is Pluto a Planet?: A Historical Journey through the Solar System.] ISBN-10: 0691147310 ISBN-13: 978-0691147314...
- Yesterday [2006] Pluto Was Declared A Non-planet
"Aug. 24, 2006: Pluto Deplanetized" by Tony Long and Doug Cornelius August 24th, 2010 Wired 2006: Pluto, once the ninth planet from the sun, is downgraded to a mere “dwarf planet.” Our solar system loses a favorite kid brother and now has, officially,...
- Johns Hopkins' 1st Woman Ph.d. In 1893--florence Bascom
Florence Bascom July 14th, 1862 to June 18th, 1945 Geological Society of America's magazine... Bascom was the first woman hired by the U.S. Geological Survey (1896), the first woman to present a paper before the Geological Society of Washington (1901),...
- Alas Poor Pluto, I Knew Him Well
"Poor Pluto: Number Of Dwarf Planets Increases" April 26th, 2010 SPACE DAILY New research from the Australian National University has further reduced the status of Pluto by suggesting there are many more dwarf planets in the Solar System than previously...
- Nova's "pluto Files"
Tonight on most public broadcasting stations NOVA will offer a program entitled Pluto Files. Since its discovery in 1930, Pluto has held a warm place in the public imagination. So, when the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium...