Exploration and Science: Social Impact and Interaction

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This comprehensive volume explores the intricate, mutually dependent relationship between science and exploration-how each has repeatedly built on the discoveries of the other and, in the process, opened new frontiers. * Includes biographical sketches of important figures such as Jacques Cousteau, Charles Darwin, Neil Armstrong, and Edwin Hubble * Uses primary and secondary source documents extensively in an easily readable narrative that places the history of science and exploration in its broader social and cultural context

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"Recommended. General readers; lower- and upper-division undergraduates." - Choice

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Michael S. Reidy, PhD, is assistant professor of history in the Department of History and Philosophy at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, specializing in the history of geophysical sciences in the 19th century. Gary Kroll, PhD, is assistant professor of history at State University of New York-Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY, where he teaches courses on environmental history and the history of science. Erik Conway, PhD, is a visiting historian at NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA. He received his degree from the University of Minnesota.