The cycles of revolution: how Wegener and Milinkovic changed the earth sciences
Апстракт
The year 1912 is annus mirabilis for Earth sciences. In two crucial papers Alfred Wegener and Milutin Milankovic independently set up revolutionary theories based on far-reaching visions of continental drift and climate orbital forcing. Their contributions simultaneously did for the Earth sciences what the theory of evolution did for biology and what the theory of relativity did for physics. They provided Earth sciences with a comprehensive perspective of Earth's dynamics in both astronomical and terrestrial terms, and revolutionized geology by abandoning the ideas of a climatologically self-sufficient Earth and unmovable continents - remnants of the old geocentric picture of the unmoving, centered Earth. In the secular sense they finally completed the heliocentric theory that was set up by Copernicus. This paper follows the strange synchronicity in their life and work cycles.
Кључне речи:
year 1912 / Vladimir Koppen / the origin of continents / Milutin Milankovic / heliocentric theory / astronomical theory of climate change / Alfred WegenerИзвор:
Acta Geographica Slovenica - Geografski Zbornik, 2012, 52, 2, 259-269Издавач:
- Geografski Inst Antona Melika Zrc Sazu, Ljubljana
DOI: 10.3986/AGS52200
ISSN: 1581-6613
WoS: 000314927600001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84880709520
Институција/група
Filološki fakultet / Faculty of PhilologyTY - JOUR AU - Petrović, Aleksandar AU - Marković, Slobodan B. PY - 2012 UR - https://repff.fil.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/724 AB - The year 1912 is annus mirabilis for Earth sciences. In two crucial papers Alfred Wegener and Milutin Milankovic independently set up revolutionary theories based on far-reaching visions of continental drift and climate orbital forcing. Their contributions simultaneously did for the Earth sciences what the theory of evolution did for biology and what the theory of relativity did for physics. They provided Earth sciences with a comprehensive perspective of Earth's dynamics in both astronomical and terrestrial terms, and revolutionized geology by abandoning the ideas of a climatologically self-sufficient Earth and unmovable continents - remnants of the old geocentric picture of the unmoving, centered Earth. In the secular sense they finally completed the heliocentric theory that was set up by Copernicus. This paper follows the strange synchronicity in their life and work cycles. PB - Geografski Inst Antona Melika Zrc Sazu, Ljubljana T2 - Acta Geographica Slovenica - Geografski Zbornik T1 - The cycles of revolution: how Wegener and Milinkovic changed the earth sciences EP - 269 IS - 2 SP - 259 VL - 52 DO - 10.3986/AGS52200 UR - conv_1491 ER -
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Petrović, A.,& Marković, S. B.. (2012). The cycles of revolution: how Wegener and Milinkovic changed the earth sciences. in Acta Geographica Slovenica - Geografski Zbornik Geografski Inst Antona Melika Zrc Sazu, Ljubljana., 52(2), 259-269. https://doi.org/10.3986/AGS52200 conv_1491
Petrović A, Marković SB. The cycles of revolution: how Wegener and Milinkovic changed the earth sciences. in Acta Geographica Slovenica - Geografski Zbornik. 2012;52(2):259-269. doi:10.3986/AGS52200 conv_1491 .
Petrović, Aleksandar, Marković, Slobodan B., "The cycles of revolution: how Wegener and Milinkovic changed the earth sciences" in Acta Geographica Slovenica - Geografski Zbornik, 52, no. 2 (2012):259-269, https://doi.org/10.3986/AGS52200 ., conv_1491 .