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Hi-while it doesn't deal with Plate Tectonics, the book "T. Rex and the Craters of Doom" by Walter (?) Alverez (I think that is the title, I'm sitting in a hotel room in LA without access to my library) does tell the story of how developments in physics lead to the discovery of a mechanism for dinosaur extinction...It's a good read too. Larry Davis On 8/27/10 9:18 AM, "Karen Campbell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Good morning, > I will be teaching an undergraduate "J-Term" course that is the > capstone in a STEM minor sequence. It focuses on Earth Science, but > also revisits other elements of STEM. My fellow instructors and I are > looking for suggestions of "McPhee-style" texts for the course that > highlight the (often unintended) ways in which technological advances > pave the way for scientific breakthroughs. Ideally, these would be > about Plate Tectonics or Global Warming breakthroughs, but we are open > to other stories that relate to Earth science (including astronomy and > meteorology as this is a course aimed at Education majors). > > Many thanks, > Karen Campbell > Education Director > National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics > St. Anthony Falls Laboratory > University of Minnesota > Minneapolis, MN > [log in to unmask] -- ************************************************************************* R. Laurence Davis, Ph.D. Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences University Research Scholar Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences University of New Haven 300 Boston Post Road West Haven, Connecticut 06516 <[log in to unmask]> Office: 203-932-7108 Fax: 203-931-6097 UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN- A Leader in Experiential Education *************************************************************************