Eismitte in the Scientific Imagination

Knowledge and Politics at the Center of Greenland

J. Martin-Nielsen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

214 Seiten

2013
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-38079-1 (ISBN)

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Since the 18th century, Greenland's geometric center, Eismitte, has been one of the most forbidding but scientifically rich locations in the Arctic. Tracing its history from European contact through the Cold War, this study shows how Eismitte was the setting for scientific knowledge production as well as diplomatic maneuvering.

Janet Martin-Nielsen is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Aarhus University's Centre for Science Studies, Denmark. She has a PhD from the University of Toronto's Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Canada. Her work has appeared in Annals of Science, the Journal of Historical Geography, History of the Human Sciences, and the Journal for the History of the Behavioral Sciences.

Introduction: The Edge of the World, the End of the World 1. A Land Apart 2. Taming the Ice Sheet 3. The Longest Trek 4. It Has Completely Changed Epilogue: A Conspicuous Absence

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.12.2013
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Zusatzinfo	XXI, 214 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-137-38079-9 / 1137380799
ISBN-13	978-1-137-38079-1 / 9781137380791
Zustand	Neuware