A benchmark for the environment: big science and ‘artificial’ geophysics in the global 1950s
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DOI: 10.1017/s1740022819000378
Abstract: Security concerns during the early Cold War prompted United States strategists to solicit worldwide assistance in studying Earth’s physical environment. Comprehensive geophysical knowledge required cooperation between researchers on every part of the planet, leading practitioners… read more here.
Keywords: environment big; big science; science; environment ... See more keywords