Science and the Pacific War:science and survival in the Pacific, 1939-1945
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Kluwer,
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Publisher Address: | Dordrecht Boston |
Publication Dates: | c2000. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 207 |
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Carrier Form: | xiii, 320 p.: ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: | 0792358511 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | E195 |
CLC: |
E195.2-05 K152-05 |
Call Number: | E195.2-05/S416 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p.303-310) and index. Combat science: OSRD's postscript in the Pacific / Roy Macleod -- The Smithsonian goes to war: the increase and diffusion of scientific knowledge in the Pacific / Pamela M. Henson -- Malaria in the Southwest Pacific in World War II / Mary Ellen Condon-Rall -- The machine in the Pacific: the diverse legacy of technology / Donald T. Fitzgerald -- The role of botanists during World War II in the Pacific theatre / Richard A. Howard -- Australian universities at war: the mobilisation of universities in the battle of the Pacific / Michelle Freeman -- Australia's mustard gas guinea pigs / Bridget G |