CONTENTS

THE STUDY OF FOSSILS IN LEIBNIZ'S PROTOGAEA: TOWARDS A RECONCTRUCTION OF THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGICAL MODELS IN EARLY MODERN PALEONTOLOGY

DID NINETEENTH CENTURY MARINE VERTEBRATE FOSSIL DISCOVERIES INFLUENCE SEA SERPENT REPORTS?

THE EXPLORATION AND FIRST ASCENT OF MOUNT WHITNEY, CALIFORNIA

HARTLEY TRAVERS FERRAR (1879–1932) AND HIS GEOLOGICAL LEGACY IN ANTARCTICA, EGYPT AND NEW ZEALAND

LAWRENCE RICKARD WAGER (1904–1965): A DISTINGUISHED GEOLOGIST WHO HELPED TO PIONEER AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION FOR ALLIED FORCES IN WORLD WAR II

FROM THE CONTRACTING EARTH TO CONTINENTAL DRIFT: WEGENER'S INFLUENCE ON PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS THROUGH THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

CLOSING THE IRON CURTAIN: HOW GEOLOGISTS IN BERLIN EXPERIENCED THE COLD WAR ERA

THE BIRTH OF SPACE OCEANOGRAPHY: TECHNOLOGICAL QUESTIONS AND CLIMATOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITY (UNITED STATES, FRANCE, 1950–1980)

THE EARLY STAGES OF URANIUM GEOLOGY IN POST-WWII ITALY

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