Anderson, Don L. (1989) Where on Earth is the Crust? Physics Today, 42 (3). pp. 38-46. ISSN 0031-9228. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140514-105041818
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Abstract
Astronomers confidently speak of the chemistry of stars, galaxies and even interstellar space, but curiously, we are grossly ignorant of the composition of our own planet. “Whole Earth” scientists work under an extreme handicap compared with investigators in most other disciplines. Physicists, astronomers and biologists can formulate general theories and design experiments on the basis of many examples. By contrast, there is a single Earth, the result of a unique experiment, and we have direct access only to its outer portions. (Another obvious “singular” object of scientific study is the universe itself.)
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| Additional Information: | © 1989 American Institute of Physics. | ||||||
| Issue or Number: | 3 | ||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20140514-105041818 | ||||||
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| Official Citation: | Where on Earth is the Crust? Don L. Anderson Phys. Today 42, 3, 38 (1989) | ||||||
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| Deposited By: | Ruth Sustaita | ||||||
| Deposited On: | 14 May 2014 18:16 | ||||||
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