The introduction and development of continental drift theory and plate tectonics in China: a case study in the transference of scientific ideas from west to east

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Annals of Science 46 (1):21-43 (1989)
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(1989). The introduction and development of continental drift theory and plate tectonics in China: a case study in the transference of scientific ideas from west to east. Annals of Science: Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 21-43

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China and Charles Darwin.James Reeve Pusey - 1984 - Journal of the History of Biology 17 (3):435-436.

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