Atmospheric Science at NASA: A History
Author:   Erik M. Conway
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
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9780801889844


Pages:   416
Publication Date:   02 February 2009
Recommended Age:   From 17
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Author:   Erik M. Conway
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9780801889844


ISBN 10:   0801889847
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   02 February 2009
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
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Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Establishing the Meteorology Program 2. Developing Satellite Meteorology 3. Constructing a Global Meteorology 4. Planetary Atmospheres 5. NASA Atmospheric Research in Transition 6. Atmospheric Chemistry 7. The Quest for a Climate Observing System 8. Missions to Planet Earth: Architectural Warfare 9. Atmospheric Science in the Mission to Planet Earth Conclusion Epilogue Notes Index

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The author does an excellent job of telling this story - translating the science into prose, characterizing the various personalities and institutions, organizing the convoluted tale into a narrative, and assessing interactions of multifarious factors. The work... will stand as a significant contribution to the literature. Much of the story has not yet been told, or if it has, certainly not in this detail or scope. It is likely to rank high in the top score or so of books devoted to the history of space science. - Joseph N. Tatarewicz, University of Maryland, Baltimore County


Comprehensive history... recommended. Choice 2009 As one of the latest books in the New Series in NASA History, Conway's project introduces a new aspect of space science that will be of interest to scholars of this field. -- Kristine C. Harper American Historical Review 2010


Comprehensive history... recommended. Choice As one of the latest books in the New Series in NASA History, Conway's project introduces a new aspect of space science that will be of interest to scholars of this field. -- Kristine C. Harper American Historical Review Excellent. -- Roger D. Launius Quest


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Erik M. Conway is a historian at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, and author of High-Speed Dreams: NASA and the Technopolitics of Supersonic Transportation, 1945-1999 and Blind Landings: Low-Visibility Operations in American Aviation, 1918-1958, also published by Johns Hopkins.

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