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9. Changing the Mission: From the Cold War to Climate Change
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Naomi Oreskes
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Introduction 1
- 1. The Personal, the Political, and the Scientific 17
- 2. Seeing the Ocean through Operational Eyes: The Stommel- Arons Model of Abyssal Circulation 58
- 3. Whose Science Is It Anyway? The Woods Hole Palace Revolt 97
- 4. Stymied by Secrecy: Harry Hess and Seafloor Spreading 138
- 5. The Iron Curtain of Classification: What Difference Did It Make? 194
- 6. Why the Navy Built Alvin 256
- 7. Painting Projects White: The Discovery of Deep- Sea Hydrothermal Vents 301
- 8. From Expertise to Advocacy: The Seabed Disposal of Radioactive Waste 344
- 9. Changing the Mission: From the Cold War to Climate Change 395
- Conclusion: The Context of Motivation 469
- Acknowledgments 503
- Sources and Abbreviations 507
- Notes 511
- Bibliography 657
- Index 721
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Introduction 1
- 1. The Personal, the Political, and the Scientific 17
- 2. Seeing the Ocean through Operational Eyes: The Stommel- Arons Model of Abyssal Circulation 58
- 3. Whose Science Is It Anyway? The Woods Hole Palace Revolt 97
- 4. Stymied by Secrecy: Harry Hess and Seafloor Spreading 138
- 5. The Iron Curtain of Classification: What Difference Did It Make? 194
- 6. Why the Navy Built Alvin 256
- 7. Painting Projects White: The Discovery of Deep- Sea Hydrothermal Vents 301
- 8. From Expertise to Advocacy: The Seabed Disposal of Radioactive Waste 344
- 9. Changing the Mission: From the Cold War to Climate Change 395
- Conclusion: The Context of Motivation 469
- Acknowledgments 503
- Sources and Abbreviations 507
- Notes 511
- Bibliography 657
- Index 721
