Philip Clements

Science in an Extreme Environment (eBook, ePUB)

The 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In 1963, nineteen Americans embarked on the first expedition that would combine high-altitude climbing with scientific research. The primary objective was to study how severe stress at high altitudes affected human behavior. The expedition promised to resurrect American heroism, in a show of physical strength and skill that, when combined with scientific expertise, would dominate international rivals on the frontiers of territorial exploration. They faced hostile conditions that challenged and ultimately compromised standard research protocols, yielding results that were too exceptional to be generalized to other environments. Clements offers an exploration of the impact of extremity on the production of scientific knowledge and the role of masculinity and nationalism in scientific inquiry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The American University in Cairo Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822982982
• Artikelnr.: 52535187

Autorenporträt

Philip W. Clements is a lecturer at California State University, Chico, where he teaches courses on history, the environment, and sustainability. He directs the Vulnerable Landscapes, Resilient Peoples project, which tracks how communities inhabiting sensitive geographies, including the Solu Khumbu, mitigate the deleterious effects of climate change.