| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
reconsidering the International Polar and Geophysical years |
| Alternative Intellectual Responsibility: |
LauniusRoger D., |
| Alternative Intellectual Responsibility: |
FlemingJames Rodger., |
| Alternative Intellectual Responsibility: |
DeVorkinDavid H., 1944- |
| Place of Publication: |
New York |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
2010 |
| Edition: |
1st ed. |
| Description: |
1 online resource (xii, 3886 p.)ill., ports. : |
| Series: |
Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology |
| Subject: |
Research - International cooperation - Polar regions - |
| Subject: |
Geophysics - International cooperation. - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230114654 |
| Notes: |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary: |
"The International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that was focused on, but not limited to, understanding the Earth's poles. This groundbreaking collection redresses the surprising failure of historians to explore beyond even a cursory manner the richness of the IPYs and IGY as sites of historical and scientific study. In doing so, it illuminates critical aspects of the last 150 years of international scientific endeavour"-- |
| ISBN: |
9780230114654 (e-book) |
| ISBN: |
0230114652 (e-book) |
| Content Note: |
pt. 1. Meanings, intepretations, and historiography pt. 2. National case studies pt. 3. Networked personalities programs pt. 4. National roles for international science : quests and questions in the international geophysical year pt. 5. Legacies of global science : space science, anthropology, and Earth science. |