Gabriel Henderson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6818100 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gabriel Henderson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gabriel |
| FAMILY NAME | Henderson |
| SIGNATURE | HENDERSON G |
| AFFILIATIONS | American Institute of Physics |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
When Should Scientists Become Public Activists? The Oxygen Depletion Crisis
Scientists can be important public advocates in environmental issues. But scientific activism can take different forms, and deciding when and how to become an activist can be difficult for people who are trained to understand science as the objective pursuit of truth. This case study explores these issues through the history of the Oxygen Depletion Crisis. Between 1966 and 1970, it appeared that the global oxygen supply might be endangered by pes…
Helmut Landsberg and the evolution of 20th century American climatology: Envisioning a climatological renaissance
After World War II , German‐American climatologist Helmut Landsberg sought to realize his war‐time vision for an American ‘climatological renaissance.’ Given the dramatic degradation of European science during the war, he believed that the United States offered the best hope to strengthen and reformulate what he considered to be the stale tradition of conceiving climatology as a geographical discipline. Inhabiting high‐level positions within the …
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Helmut Landsberg and the evolution of 20th century American climatology: Envisioning a climatological renaissance
After World War II , German‐American climatologist Helmut Landsberg sought to realize his war‐time vision for an American ‘climatological renaissance.’ Given the dramatic degradation of European science during the war, he believed that the United States offered the best hope to strengthen and reformulate what he considered to be the stale tradition of conceiving climatology as a geographical discipline. Inhabiting high‐level positions within the …
When Should Scientists Become Public Activists? The Oxygen Depletion Crisis
Scientists can be important public advocates in environmental issues. But scientific activism can take different forms, and deciding when and how to become an activist can be difficult for people who are trained to understand science as the objective pursuit of truth. This case study explores these issues through the history of the Oxygen Depletion Crisis. Between 1966 and 1970, it appeared that the global oxygen supply might be endangered by pes…
Art history (1 works) · Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (1 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (1 works) · Climate variability and models (1 works) · Climatology (1 works) · Environmental ethics (1 works) · Environmentalism (1 works) · Geography (1 works) · Geology (1 works) · History (1 works)