Kai‐henrik Barth
Biographic Data
| ID | 1422014 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kai‐henrik Barth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kai‐henrik |
| FAMILY NAME | Barth |
| SIGNATURE | BARTH K H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Catalysts of Change
In 1986, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a U.S. nongovernmental organization, began an unprecedented collaboration with the Soviet Academy of Sciences to establish three U.S. nuclear monitoring stations in the vicinity of the Soviet nuclear test site in Semipalatinsk. This transnational collaboration of scientists accomplished what U.S. administrations from Eisenhower to Carter had tried and failed to do, namely, to place U.S. scien…
The Politics of Seismology
The present paper analyzes the transformation of seismology from a small academic discipline to a large academic-military-industrial enterprise during the 1960s. In the late 1950s scientists, diplomats, and policy-makers recognized that improved seismological knowledge was crucial for the detection and identification of Soviet underground nuclear-weapon tests. Consequently, the Eisenhower administration initiated a comprehensive research and deve…
The Politics of Seismology
The present paper analyzes the transformation of seismology from a small academic discipline to a large academic-military-industrial enterprise during the 1960s. In the late 1950s scientists, diplomats, and policy-makers recognized that improved seismological knowledge was crucial for the detection and identification of Soviet underground nuclear-weapon tests. Consequently, the Eisenhower administration initiated a comprehensive research and deve…
Catalysts of Change
In 1986, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a U.S. nongovernmental organization, began an unprecedented collaboration with the Soviet Academy of Sciences to establish three U.S. nuclear monitoring stations in the vicinity of the Soviet nuclear test site in Semipalatinsk. This transnational collaboration of scientists accomplished what U.S. administrations from Eisenhower to Carter had tried and failed to do, namely, to place U.S. scien…
The Politics of Seismology
The present paper analyzes the transformation of seismology from a small academic discipline to a large academic-military-industrial enterprise during the 1960s. In the late 1950s scientists, diplomats, and policy-makers recognized that improved seismological knowledge was crucial for the detection and identification of Soviet underground nuclear-weapon tests. Consequently, the Eisenhower administration initiated a comprehensive research and deve…
Catalysts of Change
In 1986, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a U.S. nongovernmental organization, began an unprecedented collaboration with the Soviet Academy of Sciences to establish three U.S. nuclear monitoring stations in the vicinity of the Soviet nuclear test site in Semipalatinsk. This transnational collaboration of scientists accomplished what U.S. administrations from Eisenhower to Carter had tried and failed to do, namely, to place U.S. scien…
Engineering (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Twentieth Century Scientific Developments (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Economic history (1 work) · Field (mathematics (1 work) · Geology (1 work) · Historiography (1 work) · History (1 work)