Fixing the Sky
The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control
(Sprache: Englisch)
Weaving together stories from elite science, cutting-edge technology, and popular culture, Fleming examines issues of health and navigation in the 1830s, drought in the 1890s, aircraft safety in the 1930s, and world conflict since the 1940s.
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Weaving together stories from elite science, cutting-edge technology, and popular culture, Fleming examines issues of health and navigation in the 1830s, drought in the 1890s, aircraft safety in the 1930s, and world conflict since the 1940s.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Fixing the Sky “
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Stories of Control 2. Rain Makers 3. Rain Fakers 4. Foggy Thinking 5. Pathological Science 6. Weather Warriors 7. Fears, Fantasies, and Possibilities of Control 8. The Climate Engineers Notes Bibliography Index
Autoren-Porträt von James Rodger Fleming
James Rodger Fleming is a historian of science and technology and professor of science, technology, and society at Colby College. He recently held the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the Smithsonian Institution and the Roger Revelle Fellowship in Global Stewardship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has also been a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: James Rodger Fleming
- 352 Seiten, Maße: 16,1 x 23,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Columbia University Press
- ISBN-10: 0231144121
- ISBN-13: 9780231144124
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Englisch
Rezension zu „Fixing the Sky “
"Fixing the Sky will appeal to a broad audience and is a significant contribution to both the ongoing policy debate over geoenginering and the history of meteorology and climatology, on which James Rodger Fleming is a recognized authority" ¿ Mott Greene, University of Puget Sound
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