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Confronting the Climate
British Airs and the Making of Environmental Medicine
Av V. Jankovic
Inbunden, 2010
566 kr
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This book explores the social origins of the Western preoccupation with health and environmental hazards. It looks at the rise of the dichotomy between the vulnerable 'in' and the threatening 'out' by examining the pathologies associated with weather, domestic space, ventilation, clothing, and …
Globalizing Polar Science
Reconsidering the International Polar and Geophysical Years
Av R. Launius, J. Fleming m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
566 kr
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The International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that has been largely neglected by historians. This groundbreaking collection seeks to redress that neglect and illuminate critical aspects of the last 150 …
Globalizing Polar Science
Reconsidering the International Polar and Geophysical Years
Av R. Launius, J. Fleming m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
566 kr
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The International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that has been largely neglected by historians. This groundbreaking collection seeks to redress that neglect and illuminate critical aspects of the last 150 …
Eugenics and the Nature-Nurture Debate in the Twentieth Century
Av A. Gillette
Häftad, 2011
566 kr
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Gillette shows that the sciences of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology were undergoing rapid development in the early Twentieth century. However, many of the early researchers in these sciences were also eugenicists. With the rise of behaviourism and the reaction against eugenics in the …
John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon
Av J. Logsdon
Inbunden, 2011
678 kr
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While there are many biographies of JFK and accounts of the early years of US space efforts, this book uses primary source material and interviews with key participants to provide a comprehensive account of how the actions taken by JFK's administration have shaped the course of the US space program …
Vision of Modern Science
John Tyndall and the Role of the Scientist in Victorian Culture
Av U. DeYoung
Inbunden, 2011
566 kr
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An examination of a pivotal moment in the history of science through the career and cultural impact of the historically neglected Victorian physicist John Tyndall, establishing him as an important figure of the period, whose scientific discoveries and philosophy of science in society are still …
Searching for Sasquatch
Crackpots, Eggheads, and Cryptozoology
Av B. Regal
Inbunden, 2011
1348 kr
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The first academic study of this subject is an entertaining look at the search for Sasquatch which considers not just the nature of monsters and monster hunting in the late 20th century, but the more important relationship between the professional scientists and amateur naturalists who hunt …
Anglo-American Connections in Japanese Chemistry
The Lab as Contact Zone
Inbunden, 2013
563 kr
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Anglo-Japanese and American-Japanese connections in chemistry had a major impact on the institutionalization of scientific and technological higher education in Japan from the late nineteenth century and onwards. They helped define the structure of Japanese scientific pedagogical and research …
Nuclear Age in Popular Media
A Transnational History, 1945–1965
Av Kenneth A. Loparo, Dick Van Lente m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1236 kr
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The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached to it as well. This book compares representations of nuclear power in popular media from around the world to to trace divergences, convergences, and …
Continental Defense in the Eisenhower Era
Nuclear Antiaircraft Arms and the Cold War
Av C. Bright
Inbunden, 2010
566 kr
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Thousands of nuclear antiaircraft arms were designed, tested and deployed in the United States during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. These Army "Nike-Hercules" missiles, Air Force "Genie" rockets, and "BOMARC" and "Falcon" missiles were meant to counter a raid by attacking Soviet bombers. U.S. …
Continental Defense in the Eisenhower Era
Nuclear Antiaircraft Arms and the Cold War
Av C. Bright
Häftad, 2012
569 kr
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Thousands of nuclear antiaircraft arms were designed, tested and deployed in the United States during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. These Army "Nike-Hercules" missiles, Air Force "Genie" rockets, and "BOMARC" and "Falcon" missiles were meant to counter a raid by attacking Soviet bombers. U.S. …
Inventing the American Astronaut
Inbunden, 2012
625 kr
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Who were the men who led America's first expeditions into space? Soldiers? Daredevils? The public sometimes imagined them that way: heroic military men and hot-shot pilots without the capacity for doubt, fear, or worry. However, early astronauts were hard-working and determined professionals - …
Inventing the American Astronaut
Häftad, 2012
625 kr
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Who were the men who led America's first expeditions into space? Soldiers? Daredevils? The public sometimes imagined them that way: heroic military men and hot-shot pilots without the capacity for doubt, fear, or worry. However, early astronauts were hard-working and determined professionals - …
Post-Industrial Landscape Scars
Av A. Storm
Inbunden, 2014
434 kr
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Post-industrial landscape scars are traces of 20th century utopian visions of society; they relate to fear and resistance expressed by popular movements and to relations between industrial workers and those in power. The metaphor of the scar pinpoints the inherent ambiguity of memory work by …
Exploring the Solar System
The History and Science of Planetary Exploration
Av R. Launius
Inbunden, 2012
1355 kr
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Beginning in the early days of the Space Age - well before the advent of manned spaceflight - the United States, followed soon by other nations, undertook an ambitious effort to study the planets of the solar system. The remarkable fruits of this research revolutionized the public's view of their …
Sociable Sciences
Darwin and His Contemporaries in Chile
Av P. Schell
Inbunden, 2013
569 kr
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This beautifully written history traces the fortunes of Charles Darwin and his contemporaries in Chile. It explains how they showed Chileans a new way to see their own natural environment, teaching a younger generation of scientists there and forging international networks that helped to shape the …
First Atomic Age
Scientists, Radiations, and the American Public, 1895–1945
Inbunden, 2013
1355 kr
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At the close of the 19th century, strange new forms of energy arrested the American public's attention in ways that no scientific discovery ever had before. This groundbreaking cultural history tells the story of the first nuclear culture, one whose lasting effects would be seen in the familiar …
Climate, Science, and Colonization
Histories from Australia and New Zealand
Av Emily O'Gorman, Matthew Henry m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
569 kr
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Offering new historical understandings of human responses to climate and climate change, this cutting-edge volume explores the dynamic relationship between settlement, climate, and colonization, covering everything from the physical impact of climate on agriculture and land development to the …
Empire and Science in the Making
Dutch Colonial Scholarship in Comparative Global Perspective, 1760-1830
Av P. Boomgaard
Inbunden, 2013
1130 kr
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Drawing on extensive new research, and bringing much new scholarship before English readers for the first time, this wide-ranging volume examines how knowledge was created and circulated throughout the Dutch Empire, and how these processes compared with those of the Imperial Britain, Spain, and …
NASA in the World
Fifty Years of International Collaboration in Space
Av John Krige, Ashok Maharaj m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1130 kr
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Since its inception, NASA has participated in over 4,000 international projects, yet historians have almost entirely neglected this remarkable aspect of the agency's work. This groundbreaking work is the first to trace NASA's history in a truly international context, drawing on unprecedented access …
NASA in the World
Fifty Years of International Collaboration in Space
Av John Krige, Ashok Maharaj m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
1243 kr
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Since its inception, NASA has participated in over 4,000 international projects, yet historians have almost entirely neglected this remarkable aspect of the agency's work. This groundbreaking work is the first to trace NASA's history in a truly international context, drawing on unprecedented access …
John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon
Av J. Logsdon
Häftad, 2013
681 kr
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While there are many biographies of JFK and accounts of the early years of US space efforts, this book uses primary source material and interviews with key participants to provide a comprehensive account of how the actions taken by JFK's administration have shaped the course of the US space program …
Searching for Sasquatch
Crackpots, Eggheads, and Cryptozoology
Av B. Regal
Häftad, 2013
1467 kr
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The first academic study of this subject is an entertaining look at the search for Sasquatch which considers not just the nature of monsters and monster hunting in the late 20th century, but the more important relationship between the professional scientists and amateur naturalists who hunt …
Limiting Outer Space
Astroculture After Apollo
Inbunden, 2018
1130 kr
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Limiting Outer Space propels the historicization of outer space by focusing on the Post-Apollo period. After the moon landings, disillusionment set in. Outer space, no longer considered the inevitable destination of human expansion, lost much of its popular appeal, cultural significance and …
Eismitte in the Scientific Imagination
Knowledge and Politics at the Center of Greenland
Inbunden, 2013
569 kr
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Since the 18th century, Greenland's geometric center, Eismitte, has been one of the most forbidding but scientifically rich locations in the Arctic. Tracing its history from European contact through the Cold War, this study shows how Eismitte was the setting for scientific knowledge production as …
After Apollo?
Richard Nixon and the American Space Program
Inbunden, 2015
793 kr
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Once the United States landed on the moon in July 1969, it was up to President Nixon to decide what to do in space after Apollo. This book chronicles the decisions he made, including ending space exploration and approving the space shuttle. Those decisions determined the character of the US human …
Surveillance Imperative
Geosciences during the Cold War and Beyond
Av S. Turchetti, P. Roberts m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
569 kr
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Surveillance is a key notion for understanding power and control in the modern world, but it has been curiously neglected by historians of science and technology. Using the overarching concept of the "surveillance imperative," this collection of essays offers a new window on the evolution of the …
Voices of the Soviet Space Program
Cosmonauts, Soldiers, and Engineers Who Took the USSR into Space
Av S. Gerovitch
Inbunden, 2014
1467 kr
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In this remarkable oral history, Slava Gerovitch presents interviews with the men and women who witnessed Soviet space efforts firsthand. Rather than comprising a "master narrative," these fascinating and varied accounts bring to light the often divergent perspectives, experiences, and …
Frontiers for the American Century
Outer Space, Antarctica, and Cold War Nationalism
Inbunden, 2015
569 kr
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This book compares the cultural politics of the U.S. space and Antarctic programs during the Cold War. It analyzes how culturally salient terms, especially the nationalist motif of the frontier, were used to garner public support for these strategic initiatives and, more generally, United States …
Antarctica and the Humanities
Av Roberts Peder, Lize-Marié van der Watt m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1018 kr
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The continent for science is also a continent for the humanities. Despite having no indigenous human population, Antarctica has been imagined in powerful, innovative, and sometimes disturbing ways that reflect politics and culture much further north. Antarctica has become an important source of …
