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Solar System Astronomy in America
Ronald E. Doel
其他書名
Communities, Patronage, and Interdisciplinary Science, 1920-1960
出版Cambridge University Press, 2009-07-16
主題Science / History
ISBN052111568X9780521115681
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=oNulPwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Between 1920 and 1960 astronomers began working with scientists in other fields in order to better understand the nature of the solar system. 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 system. While often tinged with controversy, this work provided the foundation for planetary science in the space age. Exploiting previously unused archival material, Ronald Doel investigates this emerging interdisciplinary scientific community and its influence on astronomy, meteorology, geology, and geophysics. He examines how studies in planetary science were influenced by shifts in institutional mandates, new research techniques, and Cold War government-military funding. Above all, the book explores an important branch of what is now called the environmental sciences. This book will interest historians of science as well as astronomers.