Format:
xiii, 311 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
1137596872
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9781137596871
Series Statement:
Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology
Content:
Using newly Thule Air Base in Greenland, one of the world's largest, and why did the U.S. World War II sought to monitor the far north and understand the physical about sovereignty shape scientific research programs in Greenland? Also book explores many compelling topics. What led to the creation of the U.S. build a nuclear-powered city under Greenland's ice cap? How did Danish concern declassified documents, this book explores why U.S. military leaders after diplomatic duet between a smaller state and a superpower amid a time of intense environment of Greenland, a crucial territory of Denmark. It reveals a explored here: why did Denmark's most famous scientist, Inge Lehmann, became fascinating yet little-known realm of Cold War intrigue and a delicate global pressures. Written by scholars in Denmark and the United States, this involved in research in Greenland, and what international reverberations near Thule in January 1968? resulted from the crash of a U.S. B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: 265-287
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781137596888
Language:
English
Subjects:
Geography
Keywords:
Grönland
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Ost-West-Konflikt
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Wissenschaftspolitik
;
Umweltfaktor
;
Geologie
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Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Heymann, Matthias 1961-
