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Why research into the history of geosciences? |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 62,
Issue 22,
1981,
Page 521-522
Wilfried Schröder,
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Study of the history of various sciences is rather heterogeneous. Some disciplines, such as medicine, mathematics, and astronomy, have numerous noteworthy compendia and even specialized journals where papers on the history of these sciences can be published.The situation in geophysics, meteorology, and other subdivisions of the geosciences is far less favorable. This neglect is an outcome of a dogma of autonomy that is essentially oriented toward progress in understanding, without much reference to historical developments. But even the geoscientists cannot ignore that the phenomenon ‘science’ must be viewed in the context of sociological processes. In the initial stages, sociologists and some philosophers, in the context of the general theory of perception, began research into the development of scientific thought, but the geoscientists and other natural scientists contributed very little. It has since become clear that research on these topics requires historical assessment and more insight. The development of the ‘science of science’ is directed toward understanding and explanation of the complex human involvement in science, not only in the sense of theorizing about the scientific processes but also in sociological, political, and historical context [Kuhn,1973;Burrichter,1979;Sandkühler and Pla
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO062i022p00521
年代:1981
数据来源: WILEY
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Improved weather satellite |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 62,
Issue 22,
1981,
Page 522-523
Anonymous,
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The second of three improved geostationary operational environmental satellites (GOES) was launched May 14 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the satellite from the Kennedy Space Center, placing it in orbit at an altitude of 36,000 km (see figure).Ultimately, the spacecraft will replace an older and similar satellite that monitors the eastern half of the United States and Canada, all of Central and South America, and much of the Atlantic Ocean. The new satellite will watch hurricane development and movement in the Caribbean and provide data on the Gulf Stream and crop killing frost for mariners and Florida citrus growers, respectively.
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO062i022p00522
年代:1981
数据来源: WILEY
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McGetchin Award funds students |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 62,
Issue 22,
1981,
Page 523-523
Anonymous,
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The McGetchin Volcano Fund will support volcanology field work for three students this summer. Established last year, the fund honors the late Thomas McGetchin, former director of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in HoustonThis summer, Mark S. Wigmosta, a senior at the University of Washington, will research the dynamics of the Toutle River mudflows triggered by the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980. Tanya Furman, a junior at Princeton University, will examine a Sierra Nevada zoned granodioritic pluton that displays a tonalitic rim. Douglas Coelho, a Cornell University senior, will study field stratigraphy and nature of postglacial ash deposits of Adak Island in Alaska.
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO062i022p00523-01
年代:1981
数据来源: WILEY
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2nd U.S.‐Japan Seminar on “High‐Pressure Research: Applications in Geophysics” |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 62,
Issue 22,
1981,
Page 524-525
Peter M. Bell,
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The second U.S.‐Japan seminar on ‘High‐Pressure Research: Applications in Geophysics’ was held in Hakone, Japan, January 12–15, 1981, under the auspices of the U.S.‐Japan Cooperative Science Program between the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The coconvenors were Syun‐iti Akimoto (Japan) and Murli H. Manghnani (USA). The first such seminar was held in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1976. Like the Hawaii seminar, the Hakone seminar was a treme
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO062i022p00524
年代:1981
数据来源: WILEY
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