Hitchcock LECTURE SERIES

The Floor of the Deep Oceans

What Is Happening There

Sir Edward Bullard, Professor of Geophysics, University of Cambridge

Sir Edward Bullard: Professor of Geophysics, University of Cambridge. He has made important contributions to the origins of the magnetic field (dynamo theory) and is well-known for his theory of the Continental Drift. This lecture is about the discovery of the ocean floors and the difference between continents and the ocean floor.

About Sir Edward Bullard

Sir Edward Bullard was a noted geophysicist who’s research focused on dynamo theory, the source of the Earth's magnetic field, and heat flow from the Earth. His research on continental drift furthered the idea of the supercontinent Pangaea.