Author: John M. Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944970222
Category : Meteorologists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As the space age got underway in the wake of Sputnik, one of the earliest areas of science to take advantage of the new observational opportunities it afforded was the study of climate and weather. This book tells the story of Finnish-American educator, inventor, and scientist Verner Suomi, who, in those early days of space science, brought his pragmatic engineering skills to bear on finding ways to use our new access to space to put observational instruments into orbit. In 1959, Suomi's work resulted in the launching of Explorer VII, a satellite that measured the earth's radiation budget, a major step in our ability to understand and forecast weather. Drawing on personal letters and oral histories, the book presents a rounded picture of the man who launched the field of satellite meteorology--in the process changing forever the way we understand and interact with the weather around us.
Verner Suomi
Author: John M. Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944970222
Category : Meteorologists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As the space age got underway in the wake of Sputnik, one of the earliest areas of science to take advantage of the new observational opportunities it afforded was the study of climate and weather. This book tells the story of Finnish-American educator, inventor, and scientist Verner Suomi, who, in those early days of space science, brought his pragmatic engineering skills to bear on finding ways to use our new access to space to put observational instruments into orbit. In 1959, Suomi's work resulted in the launching of Explorer VII, a satellite that measured the earth's radiation budget, a major step in our ability to understand and forecast weather. Drawing on personal letters and oral histories, the book presents a rounded picture of the man who launched the field of satellite meteorology--in the process changing forever the way we understand and interact with the weather around us.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944970222
Category : Meteorologists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As the space age got underway in the wake of Sputnik, one of the earliest areas of science to take advantage of the new observational opportunities it afforded was the study of climate and weather. This book tells the story of Finnish-American educator, inventor, and scientist Verner Suomi, who, in those early days of space science, brought his pragmatic engineering skills to bear on finding ways to use our new access to space to put observational instruments into orbit. In 1959, Suomi's work resulted in the launching of Explorer VII, a satellite that measured the earth's radiation budget, a major step in our ability to understand and forecast weather. Drawing on personal letters and oral histories, the book presents a rounded picture of the man who launched the field of satellite meteorology--in the process changing forever the way we understand and interact with the weather around us.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1220
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1220
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2074
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2074
Book Description
Memorial Tributes
Author: National Academy of Engineering
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309175186
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This series presents biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Engineering.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309175186
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This series presents biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Engineering.
Something New Under the Sun
Author: Helen Gavaghan
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461216184
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
In this, the first history of artificial satellites and their uses, Helen Gavaghan shows how the idea of putting an object in orbit around the earth changed from science fiction to indispensable technology in the twinkling of an eye. Focusing on three major areas of development - navigational satellites, communications, and weather observation and forecasting - Gavaghan tells the remarkable inside story of how obscure men and women, often laboring under strict secrecy, made satellite technology possible. "...a gripping read." -NEW SCIENTIST
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461216184
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
In this, the first history of artificial satellites and their uses, Helen Gavaghan shows how the idea of putting an object in orbit around the earth changed from science fiction to indispensable technology in the twinkling of an eye. Focusing on three major areas of development - navigational satellites, communications, and weather observation and forecasting - Gavaghan tells the remarkable inside story of how obscure men and women, often laboring under strict secrecy, made satellite technology possible. "...a gripping read." -NEW SCIENTIST
Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
The Earth Observer
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artificial satellites in earth sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artificial satellites in earth sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The University of Wisconsin V. 4; Renewal to Revolution, 1945-71
Author: E. David Cronon
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299162900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
A great university in turbulent times From the deluge of World War II vets on the GI bill through the 1960s radicalism that made national headlines, the University of Wisconsin's history has been a part of American history. Historians, as well as the University's hundreds of thousands of alumni, faculty, staff, and students, will welcome this fourth volume covering the University's recent past. E. David Cronon and John W. Jenkins record in lively, readable prose a period that began with the influx of returning war veterans, more than doubling the University's enrollment in a single year. They explore the dark McCarthy era of loyalty oaths and blacklists during the 1950s and detail the actions of University president E. B. Fred, who stood out among American academic leaders for his commitment to principle and fair play. The turbulent 1960s, which opened with students reporting on their summertime Freedom Ride experiences throughout the American South and ended with the Vietnam War-related bombing of Sterling Hall in 1970, are a record of how an era of idealism gave way to one characterized by angry dissent and disorder, the rise of women's liberation, flower power, black power, and student power. The history concludes with the passage of legislation creating the University of Wisconsin System of campuses in 1971--an action that followed nearly three decades of experiments, compromises, and political struggles involving several governors.
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299162900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
A great university in turbulent times From the deluge of World War II vets on the GI bill through the 1960s radicalism that made national headlines, the University of Wisconsin's history has been a part of American history. Historians, as well as the University's hundreds of thousands of alumni, faculty, staff, and students, will welcome this fourth volume covering the University's recent past. E. David Cronon and John W. Jenkins record in lively, readable prose a period that began with the influx of returning war veterans, more than doubling the University's enrollment in a single year. They explore the dark McCarthy era of loyalty oaths and blacklists during the 1950s and detail the actions of University president E. B. Fred, who stood out among American academic leaders for his commitment to principle and fair play. The turbulent 1960s, which opened with students reporting on their summertime Freedom Ride experiences throughout the American South and ended with the Vietnam War-related bombing of Sterling Hall in 1970, are a record of how an era of idealism gave way to one characterized by angry dissent and disorder, the rise of women's liberation, flower power, black power, and student power. The history concludes with the passage of legislation creating the University of Wisconsin System of campuses in 1971--an action that followed nearly three decades of experiments, compromises, and political struggles involving several governors.
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 142, no. 3, 1998)
Author:
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422372654
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422372654
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration authorization
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description