Jacques Touret et al., « Victor M. Goldschmidt, Vladimir I. Vernadsky and the Birth of Geochemistry », HAL-SHS : histoire, philosophie et sociologie des sciences et des techniques, ID : 10670/1.sjqnuf
Geochemistry was founded almost simultaneously during the first half of the XX th century by V.M. Goldschmidt in Norway-Germany and V.I. Vernadsky in Russia-France. The life of these two prominent scientists is briefly described, as well as the fate of their geochemistries.