Solar System Astronomy in America Hardback: Communities, Patronage, and Interdisciplinary Science, 1920–1960 - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052141573X ISBN 13: 9780521415736

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

A history of how scientists in various fields collaborated from 1920 to 1960 to better understand the solar system, this book, first published in 1996, examines such areas as the origin of comets, the nature of planets, and the significance of impact collisions on Earth's history.

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Críticas:

'Ronald Doel's superb book challenges the thesis that American scientists neglected the solar system in the four decades preceding NASA's founding.' Karl Hufbauer, Science

'Interdisciplinary cooperation ... has a profound effect on science and the scientist ... the author draws on unpublished archive material to understand the controversies ... The reader will probably enjoy the conflict of opinion ... the book is well illustrated with photographs and we notice that most of the astronomers (and also the rest) are smiling!' Irish Astronomical Journal

'Doel has written an excellent account of this mostly-forgotten development, and he has helped us to understand the crucial background of the achievement of the Space Age.' Journal for the History of Astronomy

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A history of how scientists in various fields collaborated from 1920 to 1960 to better understand the solar system, this book examines such areas as the origin of comets, the nature of planets, and the significance of impact collisions on Earth's history.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 052141573X
• ISBN 13: 9780521415736
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 314