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Solar System Astronomy in America - Communities, Patronage, and Interdisciplinary Science, 1920-1960 (Hardcover, New)
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Solar System Astronomy in America - Communities, Patronage, and Interdisciplinary Science, 1920-1960 (Hardcover, New)
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Between 1920 and 1960 astronomers began working with scientists in
other fields to improve their understanding of the nature of the
solar system. Well before the launch of Sputnik, researchers made
wide-ranging attempts to solve such problems as the nature of lunar
and terrestrial craters, the origin of comets and meteors, and the
birth of the solar family. Their achievements included the Oort
cloud and Kuiper belt concepts. Cooperation among specialists often
dissolved in controversy - including the famous Kuiper-Urey
conflict over the Moon's history - yet their work provided the
foundation for planetary science in the space age. Exploiting
previously unused archival material, Ronald E. Doel investigates
the emergence of this interdisciplinary scientific community and
its influence on research in astronomy, meteorology, geology, and
geophysics. He examines how studies in planetary science were
influenced by shifts in institutional mandates, new research
techniques, and government-military funding during the cold war.
One example analyzed is the challenge to the geological doctrine of
uniformitarianism that emerged in light of cold-war weapons
research. Above all, this book explores an important branch of
earth science, central to what we now call the environmental
sciences.
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