Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2023-11-28
Books mentioned on Plate Tectonics Are What Makes Earth Inhabitable
It’s time to get jazzed about Earth science again. It’s only been 60 or so years since we’ve known the continents move around and we’re still figuring out exactly how they do.
Josh Clark discussed The Secret Doctrine by Helena P. Blavatsky, On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, A Story of The Stone Age by H.G. Wells, and The Origin of Continents and Oceans by Alfred Wegener.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Secret Doctrine
The Secret Doctrine by Helena P.
Discussed“I think multiple books but in one in particular that came out in 1888 called The Secret Doctrine she talked about uh that there how there were seven root races”
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On the Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is a foundational scientific text that outlines the theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
Discussed“the reason why is because just a couple decades before Darwin had published on the origin of the species and it's really difficult to get across like the Revolution and understanding that book brought right”
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A Story of The Stone Age
A Story of the Stone Age by H.G.
Discussed“one of the noteworthy things that I found just completely fascinating is HG Wells show off that he was set an 1897 book called The Story of the Stone Age in exactly that place he didn't call it dogger land but he set his story in this land that was now covered by water between the UK and Europe and”
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The Origin of Continents and Oceans
Discussed“Alfred Wagner came along in 1912 and published a book called the origin of continents and oceans where he was kind of like hey wait a minute everyone this looks like a giant puzzle”
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