Eismitte in the Scientific Imagination: Knowledge and Politics at the Center of Greenland

Martin-nielsen, Janet

ISBN 10: 1137380799 / ISBN 13: 9781137380791

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Beschreibung

240 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers x-1137380799

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Eismitte in the Scientific Imagination: Knowledge and Politics at the Center of Greenland
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1137380799
• ISBN-13: 9781137380791
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Brand New
• Gewicht: 0,45 Kilogramm

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Inhaltsangabe

Since the first attempts by Europeans to penetrate Greenland's interior in the 18th century, its geometric center, Eismitte ("middle ice" in German), has been one of the most forbidding but scientifically rich locations in the Arctic. Tracing its history f

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Janet Martin-Nielsen is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Aarhus University's Centre for Science Studies, Denmark. She has a PhD from the University of Toronto's Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Canada. Her work has appeared in Annals of Science, the Journal of Historical Geography, History of the Human Sciences, and the Journal for the History of the Behavioral Sciences.