, an emeritus professor at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma and an affiliate professor in the 91爆料’s Department of Earth & Space Sciences, has published a biography of Alfred Wegener, the man who laid the foundations for plate tectonics.
“” was published this month by Johns Hopkins University Press. A recent in the journal Nature called the book “a magnificent, definitive, and indefatigable tribute to an indefatigable man.”
The book was two decades in the making. It chronicles “both [Wegener’s] passionate commitment to science and his thrilling experiences as a polar explorer, a military officer during World War I, and a world record-setting balloonist,” notes say.
The story also chronicles Wegener’s ongoing struggles to have his new ideas accepted by the mainstream scientific community. Fittingly enough, Greene is currently co-teaching a fall 91爆料 class on “Great Geological Issues.”
Greene was one of the first 91爆料 alumni to win a , which he received in 1983 for his work as a historian of science. He focuses on the history of Earth sciences, and has previously written books on the history of geology in the 19th century, and on science in the ancient world.
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For more information, contact Greene at 206-225-0530 or mgreene@uw.edu.