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Das Antlitz der Erde (3 vols.)
Das Antlitz der Erde (3 vols.)
Earth Sciences
Suess's three-volume masterwork of 1883–1909 — 'The Face of the Earth' — synthesizing mountain formation, ocean basins, and continental drift before plate tectonics had a name. Şengör regards it as the foundational text of modern geology and has devoted a major part of his own scholarly career to interpreting and extending Suess's legacy.
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Celal Şengör
Şengör regards Das Antlitz der Erde as the foundational work of modern geology and has devoted substantial scholarship to Suess; he recommends it to anyone serious about earth sciences as the field's founding synthesis.