TY - BOOK AU - Kölbl-Ebert,Martina TI - From Local Patriotism to a Planetary Perspective: impact crater research in Germany, 1930s - 1970s T2 - Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945 SN - 9781472438867 (hbk) U1 - 551.397 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Farnham, Surrey, England, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate KW - Impact craters KW - Research KW - Germany KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Geology, Structural N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references; Introducing the smoking gun -- Early impactists and their sources -- Dismissing the impact I -- A letter from Berlin -- Kaalijärv crater and Köfels landslide -- Impact physics--beyond human imagination -- German geology -- Setting the stage -- The tide is turning -- Dismissing the impact II -- Testing an old theory -- Ries crater--a terrestrial proxy for the moon -- From local patriotism to a planetary perspective ER -