Crossing the olentangy river: The figure of the earth and the military-industrial-academic-complex, 1947-1972

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 371-404

  Cloud, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold War; Corona; Geodesy; Geodetic sciences; Ohio State University; World geodetic science

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034259942     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(00)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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