THE SOUTH DOES ALSO EXIST: THE CONTINENTAL DRIFT DEBATE IN THE ACCOUNT OF THE SOUTH-AFRICAN PALEOBOTANIST EDNA PLUMSTEAD

IF 0.3 4区 哲学 Q4 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Mariana Ferrari Waligora
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This paper analyzes a letter sent by the South African paleobotanist Edna Plumstead in 1982 to the US philosopher of science Henry Frankel, in answer to his questions about her involvement in the early debates on the concept of continental drift. Her response gave a biographical account of her life and explained in what context she first became acquainted with the themes that would become her life's work, and the scientific network of people who influenced her along the way. Beginning with her undergraduate years in the 1920s, Plumstead was aware that continental drift was being discussed in scientific circles in South Africa, earlier than in the northern hemisphere. This was followed by her more direct involvement in paleontological studies on fossils of the seed-plant Glossopteris, her important description of Glossopteris reproductive organs in direct attachment to the leaves, and how the distribution of these fossils contributed to the concept of Gondwanaland and the continental drift theory. These contributions, although extremely relevant to science, were mostly ignored in the Global North.
南方也存在:南部非洲古植物学家埃德娜-梅尔斯特德(Edna Plumstead)著作中的大陆漂移之争
本文分析了南非古植物学家埃德娜-普伦斯蒂德(Edna Plumstead)1982 年写给美国科学哲学家亨利-弗兰克尔(Henry Frankel)的一封信,信中回答了弗兰克尔关于她参与大陆漂移概念早期辩论的问题。她在答复中介绍了自己的生平,并解释了她是在怎样的背景下开始了解后来成为她毕生事业的主题的,以及在这一过程中对她产生影响的科学网络。从 20 世纪 20 年代的本科时期开始,普朗斯特德就意识到南非科学界对大陆漂移的讨论早于北半球。随后,她更直接地参与了对种子植物蝶形花化石的古生物学研究,她对蝶形花生殖器官直接附着在叶片上的重要描述,以及这些化石的分布如何促进了冈瓦纳大陆概念和大陆漂移理论的形成。这些贡献虽然与科学极为相关,但在全球北方却大多被忽视。
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Earth Sciences History
Earth Sciences History GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
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期刊介绍: Earth Sciences History promotes and publishes historical work on all areas of the earth sciences – including geology, geography, geophysics, oceanography, paleontology, meteorology, and climatology. The journal honors and encourages a variety of approaches to historical study: biography, history of ideas, social history, and histories of institutions, organizations, and techniques. Articles are peer reviewed.
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