{"product_id":"science-international-a-history-of-the-international-council-of-scientific-unions-paperback-9780521028103","title":"Science International; A History of the International Council of Scientific Unions (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521028103","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eScience International\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA History of the International Council of Scientific Unions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe creation, operation and achievements of ICSU's first century of scientific progress.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrank Greenaway (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521028103, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e292 pages, 20 b\/w illus.  4 tables\u003cbr\u003e24.2 x 16.9 x 1.5 cm, 0.479 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Greenaway's book is a labour of love and will certainly be an eye-opener to any scientist who reads it closely. It portrays an organization which is itself a labour of love, created and nurtured by selfless well-wishers of the world's scientific enterprise. It is excellent value for money, and I commend it without reserve.' Robert Cahn, European Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eScience International is the history of a worldwide organization of scientists, now involving thousands of participants, which was started a century ago when a few visionaries founded the International Association of Academies (1899–1919). This was succeeded by an International Research Council, which, in 1932, became the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). The initiative to have an international arena for scientists survived two global wars, as well as immense economic and social change in the twentieth century. This history describes how national academies and international unions of scientists from specific disciplines learned to work together, and shows how from these alliances sprang great co-operative projects such as the International Geophysical Year and the International Biological Programme, as well as the creation of a global scientific organization directed to the study of the entire planet and prospects for the human race.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. International Association of Academies (1899–1914)\u003cbr\u003e 2. International Research Council (1919–1931)\u003cbr\u003e 3. ICSU: beginning and establishment\u003cbr\u003e 4. ICSU development (1931–1939)\u003cbr\u003e 5. ICSU in wartime\u003cbr\u003e 6. A new beginning (1945)\u003cbr\u003e 7. ICSU in a post-war world\u003cbr\u003e 8. The free conduct of science\u003cbr\u003e 9. Living machinery: officers and staff\u003cbr\u003e 10. Growth: within science and outwards\u003cbr\u003e 11. ICSU at mid-century\u003cbr\u003e 12. The International Geophysical Year and its heritage\u003cbr\u003e 13. Data and scientific information\u003cbr\u003e 14. World projects and the environment\u003cbr\u003e 15. ICSU and UNESCO\u003cbr\u003e 16. Membership\u003cbr\u003e 17. Ringberg (1985) to Visegrad (1990): self-examination\u003cbr\u003e 18. The road to Rio and beyond\u003cbr\u003e 19. ICSU at the end of a century\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Further reading\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006179561752,"sku":"9780521028103","price":51.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521028103i_7ff0f2e6-a1f1-4cb6-aca1-40dddfc44492.jpg?v=1694964786","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/science-international-a-history-of-the-international-council-of-scientific-unions-paperback-9780521028103","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}