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The Year Science Changed Everything: 1957's International Geophysical Year and the Future of Our Planet

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Availability:In StockContributor:Mark O'ConnellPublish date:2025-05-06Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9781493084906ISBN-10:1493084909UPC:9781493084906Book Category:Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Global Warming & Climate Change, Environmental Science (see also Chemistry, Activism & Social JusticeBook Topic:Environmental)Size:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.0714Product ID:SCJXA31HME

The Year Science Changed Everything: 1957's International Geophysical Year and the Future of Our Planet

In 1957, 6,000 scientists from 66 nations achieved the impossible: they erased political borders for 18 months to unlock Earth's greatest mysteries--and changed science forever.

The International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957 marked humanity's first unified effort to understand our planet, launching the space race, discovering the Van Allen radiation belts, and producing groundbreaking climate...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9781493084906ISBN-10:1493084909UPC:9781493084906Book Category:Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Global Warming & Climate Change, Environmental Science (see also Chemistry, Activism & Social JusticeBook Topic:Environmental)Size:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.0714Product ID:SCJXA31HME

Mark O'Connell is an author, screenwriter, feature television commentator, and university lecturer. He got his start in television, writing for Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. O'Connell was Co-Executive Producer and on-camera expert on the reality show UFO Witness, a recurring guest on the TV show Fright Club, and Co-Producer of a Discovery+ documentary about...

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Mark O'Connell

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