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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Introduction: Rise of Global Scientific Inquiry in the International Polar and Geophysical Years
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Meanings, Interpretations, and Historiography
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Networked Personalities and Programs
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National Roles for International Science: Quests and Questions in the International Geophysical Year
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"Provides an invaluable assessment of the evolution of worldwide research from the first IPY of 1882/83. Recommended." - CHOICE
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Globalizing Polar Science
Book Subtitle: Reconsidering the International Polar and Geophysical Years
Editors: Roger D. Launius, James Rodger Fleming, David H. DeVorkin
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230114654
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Roger D. Launius, James Rodger Fleming, and David H. DeVorkin 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-10532-4Published: 19 January 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-10533-1Published: 19 January 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-11465-4Published: 22 November 2010
Series ISSN: 2730-972X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9738
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 386
Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations
Topics: World History, Global and Transnational History, Social History, US History, Modern History, Popular Science, general, History of Science