Download or read book Plate Tectonics written by Naomi Oreskes and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of the history of plate tectonics, including in-context definitions of the key terms. It explains how the forerunners of the theory and how scientists working at the key academic institutions competed and collaborated until the theory coalesced.