Call number:
AWI P7-11-0029
Description / Table of Contents:
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 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.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
386 S. : Ill.
Edition:
1. ed.
ISBN:
9780230105331
Series Statement:
Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology
Branch Library:
AWI Library
