Abstract
This book discuses how the plate tectonics revolution in the earth sciences happened, the key discoveries that made it possible for the first time to seriously consider continents moving and sea floors spreading, and the scientists whose work in the 1950s and 1960s brought about this revolution. According to the dust jacket, at the time of writing The Road to Jaramillo Glen was a research associate in the Office for History of Science and Technology at the University of Berkeley. He is a geologist turned historian. This book is based on more than 500 hours of interviews with over 100 of the scientists who achieved this revolution in the earth sciences. The focus is primarily on how the plate tectonics revolution developed with all the conflicts, zig-zags, missed opportunities and contributions from what were at the time seemingly unrelated fields, and most especially on the scientists whose work led to this revolution.