David P. D. Munns

Engineering the Environment (eBook, ePUB)

Phytotrons and the Quest for Climate Control in the Cold War

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first history of phytotrons, huge climate-controlled laboratories that enabled plant scientists to experiment on the environmental causes of growth and development of living organisms. Made possible by computers and other modern technologies of the early Cold War, phytotrons promised an end to global hunger and political instability, spreading around the world to thirty countries after World War II.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822982760
• Artikelnr.: 48830576

Autorenporträt

David P. D. Munns is associate professor of history at John Jay College, City University of New York.