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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.
Ο Χάρρυ Χάμοντ Χες (Harry Hammond Hess, 24 Μαΐου 1906 - 25 Αυγούστου 1969) ήταν Αμερικανός γεωλόγος, υποναύαρχος του αμερικανικού ναυτικού, ωκεανογράφος και συγγραφέας.
HARRY HAMMOND HESS May 24,1906-August 25,1969 BY HAROLD L. JAMES HARRY HAMMOND HESS was one of the truly remarkable earth scientists of this century; indeed it would be dif-ficult to name another of comparable depth, breadth, and impact. His was a rare, perhaps unique talent. It combined far-ranging interests and a brilliant intuiton with a ...
MEMORIAL TO HARRY HAMMOND HESS 1906-1969 A. F. BUDDINGTON Princeton University, Princeton, New ¡ersey Harry Hammond Hess was born in New York City, May 24, 1906, the son of [ulian B. and Elizabeth E. Hess. He suffered a fatal heart at tack on August 25, 1969, while chairing a com mittee of the Space Science Board of the National
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 (1906 - 1969) Harry Hess was a professor of geology at Princeton University (USA), and became interested in the geology of the oceans while serving in the US Navy in World War II. His time as a Navy officer was an opportunity to use sonar (also called echo sounding), then a new technology, to map the ocean floor across the ...
23 Μαΐ 2018 · Hess, Harry Hammond (1906–69) An American geophysicist from Princeton University, Hess made important contributions to the theory of plate tectonics. He devised the concept of sea-floor spreading (see also DIETZ , ROBERT SINCLAIR), and discovered and named guyots .
