David H. Devorkin: Science With A Vengeance

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The exploration of the upper atmosphere was given a jump start in the United States by German V-2 rockets - Hitler's "vengeance weapon" - captured at the end of World War II. The science performed with these missiles was largely determined by the missile itself, such as learning more about the medium through which a ballistic missile travels. Groups rapidly formed within the military and military-funded university laboratories to build instruments to investigate the Earth's upper atmosphere and ionosphere, the nature of cosmic radiation, and the ultraviolet spectrum of the Sun. Few, if any, members of these research groups had prior experience or demonstrated interests in atmospheric, cosmic-ray, or solar physics. Although scientific agendas were at first centered on what could be done with missiles and how to make ballistic missile systems work, reports on techniques and results were widely publicized as the research groups and their patrons sought scientific legitimacy and learned how to make their science an integral part of the national security state. The process by which these groups gained scientific and institutional authority was far from straightforward and offers useful insight both for the historian and for the scientist concerned with how specialties born within the military services became part of post-war American science.

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Erscheinungsjahr:	1993
Fachbereich:	Astronomie
Genre:	Physik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Springer Study Edition
Inhalt:	xxii 404 S. 109 s/w Illustr. 404 p. 109 illus.
ISBN-13:	9780387941370
ISBN-10:	0387941371
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Devorkin, David H.
Auflage:	1st ed. 1992. Corr. 2nd printing 1993
Hersteller:	Springer New York Springer US, New York, N.Y. Springer Study Edition
Maße:	254 x 178 x 24 mm
Von/Mit:	David H. Devorkin
Erscheinungsdatum:	11.11.1993
Gewicht:	0,808 kg

Artikel-ID: 101267425

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	1993
Fachbereich:	Astronomie
Genre:	Physik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Springer Study Edition
Inhalt:	xxii 404 S. 109 s/w Illustr. 404 p. 109 illus.
ISBN-13:	9780387941370
ISBN-10:	0387941371
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Devorkin, David H.
Auflage:	1st ed. 1992. Corr. 2nd printing 1993
Hersteller:	Springer New York Springer US, New York, N.Y. Springer Study Edition
Maße:	254 x 178 x 24 mm
Von/Mit:	David H. Devorkin
Erscheinungsdatum:	11.11.1993
Gewicht:	0,808 kg