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Historical Events and People in Geosciences
International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy. Interdivisional Commission on History
其他書名
Selected Papers from the Symposia of the Interdivisional Commission on History of IAGA During the IUGG General Assembly Held in Hamburg, 1983
出版
P. Lang
, 1985
主題
History / Historiography
Medical / General
Science / Earth Sciences / General
ISBN
3820474722
9783820474725
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=8ji0AAAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The historical study of science has really only emerged as a well-recognized academic field in the last 2 decades. Coincedently with this emergence has been the nearly astronomical growth in the field of space physics and its subfields of geomagnetism and aeronomy. Although the beginnings of modern geomagnetism and aeronomy. Although the beginnings of modern geomagnetism and aeronomy can be said to have started with William Gilbert and his book "De Magnete" (published in 1600), the explosive growth in these fields can be traced directly to the launch 25 years ago of the Sputnik and, more importantly, the First International Geophysical Year. It is altogether fitting, therefore, that the 1983 Hamburg IUGG/IAGA meeting, the papers of which are presented in this publication, should serve as benchmarklin the growth and acceptance of the study of the history of geomagnetism and aeronomy.