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If you don't already have a copy, then you ought to read Naomi Oreskes' "The Rejection of Continental Drift: Theory and Practice in American Earth Science."  I'd also recommend Kitts' 1977 work, "The Structure of Geology," if you can find it.  Long out of print, used copies sell in the $60-80 range.

Regards,
Eric Pyle

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Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 07:37:52 -0400
From: Glenn Dolphin <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Graduate student support opportunities
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>Good morning all.
>
>I will be entering a Science Ed PhD program at Syracuse University in
>the fall 2008. I was wondering if anyone has any leads on grad student
>support opportunities. My current research focuses on the history and
>nature of science (especially teaching the theory of plate tectonics
>form a historical perspective) and the use and development of models in
>science and especially Earth Science teaching. Any insight would be
>greatly appreciated.
>
>Best regards,
>
>
>
>flipper
>Earth Science teacher
>Earth Science DAL
>Union - Endicott High School
>Endicott, New York
>
>"Anyone can slay a dragon," he told me,
>"but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again.
>
>That's what takes a real hero."
>Brian Andreas



Eric J. Pyle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Geology and Environmental Science
James Madison University
MSC 6903
Harrisonburg, VA  22807

540.568.7115
7100A Memorial Hall

"The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it"

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam