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Book SynopsisTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO H. W. MENARD, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. ix*ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. xi*PREFACE, pg. xiii*Chapter 1. THE DUST ON HESS'S SLATE, pg. 1*Chapter 2. THE DREAM OF A GREAT POET, pg. 17*Chapter 3. I KEEP MY SHIPS AT SEA, pg. 30*Chapter 4. FINDING SMOOTHER PEBBLES, pg. 44*Chapter 5. DISCOVERY OF FRACTURE ZONES AND SEA-FLOOR PROVINCES, pg. 56*Chapter 6. DISCOVERY AND USE OF MYSTERIOUS MAGNETIC ANOMALIES, pg. 70*Chapter 7. MEANWHILE DRIFTING ASHORE, pg. 80*Chapter 8. DISCOVERY OF MEDIAN RIFT, pg. 94*Chapter 9. BLUE WATER, GREEN ROCK: THE ADMIRAL'S MANTLE, pg. 108*Chapter 10. OCEANIC TRENCHES, pg. 119*Chapter 11. THE SEQUENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF RIDGES, pg. 132*Chapter 12. THE EXPANDING EARTH, pg. 142*Chapter 13. SEA-FLOOR SPREADING, pg. 152*Chapter 14. 1960, pg. 162*Chapter 15. 1961-1962 THE REVOLUTION BEGINS, pg. 175*Chapter 16. 1963-1964 INCREASING TENSION, pg. 190*Chapter 17. 1963-1964 MAGNETIC REVERSALS AND THE VINE-MATTHEWS HYPOTHESIS, pg. 212*Chapter 18. 1963-1964 CONTINENTAL DRIFT, pg. 223*Chapter 19. 1965 SEA-FLOOR SPREADING CONFIRMED, pg. 238*Chapter 20. 1966 CONVERSION OF THE INVOLVED, pg. 256*Chapter 21. THE OCEAN OF TRUTH, pg. 281*EPILOGUE, pg. 295*ABSTRACT OF CHRONOLOGY LOGARITHMIC SCALE, pg. 303*NOTES, pg. 305*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 327*INDEX, pg. 341
