Globalizing Polar Science: Reconsidering the International Polar and Geophysical Years (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology)

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. . The International Polar Years And The International Geophysical Year Represented A Remarkable International Collaborative Scientific Effort That Was Focused On, But Not Limited To, Understanding The Earth's Poles. This Groundbreaking Collection Redresses The Surprising Failure Of Historians To Explore Beyond Even A Cursory Manner The Richness Of The Ipys And Igy As Sites Of Historical And Scientific Study. In Doing So, It Illuminates Critical Aspects Of The Last 150 Years Of International Scientific Endeavour-- A Polar Perspective / Michael Aaron Dennis -- Making Science Global? Coordinated Enterprises In Nineteenth-century Science / Marc Rothenberg -- Publishing Arctic Science In The Nineteenth Century : The Case Of The First International Polar Year / Philip N. Cronenwett -- Toward The Poles : A Historiography Of Scientific Exploration During The International Polar Years And The International Geophysical Year / Roger D. Launius -- Going Global In Polar Exploration : Nineteenth-century American And British Nationalism And Peacetime Science / Christopher Carter -- Swedish Polar Policies From The First International Polar Year To The Present / Lisbeth Lewander -- The Polar Years And Japan / William R. Stevenson -- China And The International Geophysical Year / Zuoyue Wang And Jiuchen Zhang -- Approaching The Southern Hemisphere : The German Pathway In The Nineteenth Century / Cornelia Lüdecke -- Sydney Chapman : Dynamo Behind The International Geophysical Year / Gregory A. Good --^ Edited By Roger D. Launius, James Roger Fleming, And David H. Devorkin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "The International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that was focused on, but not limited to, understanding the Earth's poles. This groundbreaking collection redresses the surprising failure of historians to explore beyond even a cursory manner the richness of the IPYs and IGY as sites of historical and scientific study. In doing so, it illuminates critical aspects of the last 150 years of international scientific endeavour"-- Provided by publisher

The International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that was focused on, but not limited to, understanding the Earth’s poles. This groundbreaking collection redresses the surprising failure of historians to explore beyond even a cursory manner the richness of the IPYs and IGY as sites of historical and scientific study. In doing so, it illuminates critical aspects of the last 150 years of international scientific endeavour.

The International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that has been largely neglected by historians. This groundbreaking collection seeks to redress that neglect and illuminate critical aspects of the last 150 years of international scientific endeavour.