Globalizing polar science
Subtitle: reconsidering the International Polar and Geophysical years
By: edited by Roger D. Launius, James R. Fleming, and David H. DeVorkin
Series: Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230105324
Description: "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"--