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This process is called plate tectonics, and it transformed the thinking of geologists. One of them, Harry Hess, was an instrumental figure in figuring out how plate tectonics worked. Hess possessed two valuable skills: careful attention to detail and the ability to form sweeping hypotheses.
Harry Hammond Hess (May 24, 1906 – August 25, 1969) was an American geologist and a United States Navy officer in World War II who is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics.
Hess's first duty during the war was in New York City, estimating enemy positions in the North Atlantic. He then saw active duty, commanding an attack transport ship. He made four major...
Harry Hess published 'The History of Ocean Basins' in 1962, outlining a theory of how tectonic plates can move which was later called 'sea floor spreading'. He identified the presence of mid ocean ridges, and that ocean trenches are where ocean floor is destroyed and recycled.
Harry Hammond Hess (May 24, 1906 – August 25, 1969) was an American geologist and a United States Navy officer in World War II who is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics.
Years after his death, Harry Ham-mond Hess remains a larger-than-life figure. Anecdotes about him abound in Guyot Hall, the crenellated, turn-of-the-century home of the university’s Department of Geo-logical and Geophysical Sciences, where he was a fixture for 40 years. A quiet, unpretentious man with a small mustache and
Harry Hammond Hess. 1906-1969. American Geologist. B orn in New York in 1906, Harry Hammond Hess was considered a "very promising student" even in his high school years. He had no difficulty gaining acceptance into the electrical engineering major group at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
