Globalizing Polar Science

Reconsidering the International Polar and Geophysical Years

By: Roger D. Launius (Editor), James Rodger Fleming (Editor)

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The International Polar Years (IPY) and the International Geophysical Year (IGY) represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that was focused on, but not limited to, understanding the poles. These efforts demonstrated the consistency of scientific goals and methods across political boundaries. At the same time, they increased both knowledge and international tensions. This collection of essays explores the various scientific expeditions of the IPYs and the IGY, bringing together contributions from a variety of specialists. They offer overviews of the scientific progress achieved in each case, as well as the political, economic, and military factors that influenced these undertakings. Collectively, they provide new insights into the professionalization of scientific disciplines, national styles of scientific investigation and collaboration, scientific patronage, and the emergence of the global geosciences.

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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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List of Illustrations	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xi
Permission	p. xiii
Introduction: Rise of Global Scientific Inquiry in the International Polar and Geophysical Years	p. 1
Meanings, Interpretations, and Historiography
A Polar Perspective	p. 13
Making Science Global? Coordinated Enterprises in Nineteenth-century Science	p. 23
Publishing Arctic Science in the Nineteenth Century: The Case of the First International Polar Year	p. 37
Toward the Poles: A Historiography of Scientific Exploration during the International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year	p. 47
National Case Studies
Going Global in Polar Exploration: Nineteenth-century American and British Nationalism and Peacetime Science	p. 85
Swedish Polar Policies from the First International Polar Year to the Present	p. 107
The Polar Years and Japan	p. 123
China and the International Geophysical Year	p. 143
Networked Personalities and Programs
Approaching the Southern Hemisphere: The German Pathway in the Nineteenth Century	p. 159
Sydney Chapman: Dynamo behind the International Geophysical Year	p. 177
Lloyd Berkner and the International Geophysical Year Proposal in Context: With Some Comments on the Implications for the Comité Spéciale de l'Année Géophysique Internationale, CSAGI, Request for Launching Earth Orbiting Satellites	p. 205
Polar and Global Meteorology in the Career of Harry Wexler, 1933-62	p. 225
National Roles for International Science: Quests and Questions in the International Geophysical Year
Science, Environment, and Sovereignty: The International Geophysical Year in the Antarctic Peninsula Region	p. 245
The International Geophysical Year in Antarctica: A Triumph of "Apolitical" Science, Politics, and Peace	p. 265
Tracking Diplomacy: The International Geophysical Year and American Scientific and Technical Exchange with East Asia	p. 279
Geodesy, Time, and the Markowitz Moon Camera Program: An Interwoven International Geophysical Year Story	p. 307
Legacies of Global Science: Space Science, Anthropology, and Earth Science
The International Geophysical Year and Planetary Science	p. 331
Polar Politics, Historical Narratives, and Saami Prehistory	p. 343
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Greenhouse Gases since the International Geophysical Year: F. Sherwood Rowland and the Evolution of Earth Science	p. 355
Index	p. 373
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