AGU History of Geophysics Committee:

Publications of Interest

Recent Publications

• James R. Fleming, The Callendar Effect: The Life and Work of Guy Stewart Callendar (1898-1964). Boston: American Meteorological Society, 2007.
• Kristine C. Harper, "Meteorology's Struggle for Professional Recognition in the USA (1900-1950)" Annals of Science 63, 2, 2006.
• Ronald E. Doel and Kristine C. Harper, "Prometheus Unleashed: Science as a Diplomatic Weapon in the Lyndon B. Johnson Administration." In John Krige and Kai-Henrik Barth, eds., Global Power Knowledge: Science, Technology, and International Affairs. Osiris 21, 2006, pp. 66-85.
• Ronald E. Doel, Tanya J. Levin, and Mason K. Marker. 2006. "Extending Modern Cartographyto the Ocean Depths: Military Patronage, Cold War Priorities, and the Heezen-Tharp Mapping Project, 1952-1959." Journal of Historical Geography 32, 3: 605-626.
• Earth Sciences in the Cold War [special guest-edited edition of Social Studies of Science, vol. 33, 5, 2003].
• Latitude: How American Astronomers Solved the Mystery of Variation, by Bill Carter and Merri Sue Carter (Naval Institute Press, 2002, 168 pp.)
• Hurricane! Coping With Disaster : Progress and Challenges Since Galveston, 1900, edited by R. H. Simpson, R. A. Anthes, M. Garstang, and J. Simpson (American Geophysical Union, 2002, 360 pp.)
• Plate Tectonics:  An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth (Westview Press, Boulder, 2002, 448 pp.), based on the special session "Plate Tectonics After 30 Years" held at the Fall 1998 AGU meeting.  The book contains 17 original essays by AGU scientists, as well as a historical preface and introduction written by editor Naomi Oreskes.
• Jim Fleming published Weathering the Storm:  Sverre Pettersen, the D-Day Forecast and the Rise of Modern Meteorology (American Meteorological Society, 2001, 329 pp.)
• Naomi Oreskes and Jim Fleming have produced an edited volume on "Perspectives on Geophysics" -- a special issue of Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, vol. 31, no. 3 (2000).
• Four papers from the Maury II Conference on the History of the Marine Sciences appeared in Earth Sciences History, vol. 19, no. 1 (2000).  The issue also contains a report on the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history project.
• Jim Fleming and Bruce Hevly produced an edited volume on "Geophysics and the Military."  It is a special issue of Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences, vol. 30, no. 2 (2000).
• Recent history articles in Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union:
  • "Students Explore the History of the Gottingen Institute of Geophysics" by J. R. R. Ritter, vol. 82, p. 224 (May 15, 2001)
  • "Solar Variability and Climate Change:  An Historical Perspective" by T. S. Feldman, vol. 81, p. 547 (November 14, 2000)
  • "Gilbert's De Magnete:  An Early Study of Magnetism and Electricity" by S. Malin and D. Barraclough, vol. 81, pp. 233-234 (May 23, 2000)

Also of Interest

• History of Oceanography Newsletter No. 17, published in association with the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science, Commision on Oceanography (2005)
• Historical Events and People in Aeronomy, Geomagnetism and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, edited by Wilfried Schröder. (Science Edition, Bremen, 2005)
• Case Studies on the Spörer-, Maunder and Dalton Minima:   Selected Works by Eddy, Gleissberg, Landsberg, Legrand, Mazaudier, Schröder and Vitinsky and Xu, edited by Wilfried Schröder. (Science Edition, Bremen, 2005, 114 pp.)
• Zur Entstehung der solar-terrestrischen Physik. Some Aspects of the Earlier History of Solar-Terrestial Physics, collected and edited by W. Schroeder. Beitraege zur Geschichte der Geophysik und Kosmischen Physik Vol V, Heft III. (Science Edition, Bremen, 2004)
• Hermann Fritz and the Foundation of Auroral Research, edited by Wilfried Schröder. (Science Edition, Bremen, 2003, 57 pp.)
• Good Seeing:  A Century of Science at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902-2002, by James Trefil and Margaret Hindle Hazen (Washington DC, Joseph Henry Press, 2002, 244 pp.)
• Solar Variability and Geomagnetism (Proceedings Hanoi Symposium 2000), edited by W. Schröder (Science Edition, Bremen, 2002, 274 pp.)
• Beiträge zur Geschichte der Geophysik und Kosmische Physik (Contributions for the History of Geophysics and Cosmical Physics), vol. 3, edited by W. Schröder, (Science Edition, Bremen, 2002)
• Galaxy - Sun - Earth relations, by G. P. Gregori (Science Edition, Bremen, 2002, 476 pp.)
• Fifty More Years Below Zero: Tributes and Meditations for the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory's First Half Century at Barrow, Alaska, edited by David W. Norton.  (University of Alaska Press, 2001)
• Historical Case Studies in Physics and Geophysics:  Collected Papers, edited by W. Schröder (Science Edition, Bremen, 2001, 254 pp.)
• The Riddle of the Compass -- The Invention That Changed the World, by Amir D. Aczel.  (Harcourt, 2001, 178 pp.)
• Changes in the Interpretation of Auroras:  Case Study of the Event March 1716, by W. Schröder (Science Edition, Bremen, 2001, 100 pp.)
• Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Race to the Moon, 1945-1974, by Asif A. Siddiqi (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, 2000, 1011 pp.)
• The Aurora in Time, by Wilfried Schröder.  (Science Edition, Bremen, 2000, 170 pp.)