Globalizing Polar Science: Reconsidering the International Polar and Geophysical Years (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology) - Tapa blanda

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Sinopsis

The International Polar Years (IPY) and the International Geophysical Year (IGY) represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that was focused on, but not limited to, understanding the poles. These efforts demonstrated the consistency of scientific goals and methods across political boundaries. At the same time, they increased both knowledge and international tensions. This collection of essays explores the various scientific expeditions of the IPYs and the IGY, bringing together contributions from a variety of specialists. They offer overviews of the scientific progress achieved in each case, as well as the political, economic, and military factors that influenced these undertakings. Collectively, they provide new insights into the professionalization of scientific disciplines, national styles of scientific investigation and collaboration, scientific patronage, and the emergence of the global geosciences. .

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James Rodger Fleming is Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Colby College and a research associate at Columbia University. He has written extensively on the social, cultural, and intellectual history of weather, climate, technology, and the environment. jfleming@colby.edu

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9780230105324: Globalizing Polar Science: Reconsidering the International Polar and Geophysical Years (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology)

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ISBN 10:  0230105327 ISBN 13:  9780230105324
Editorial: AIAA, 2010
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