Engineering the environment : phytotrons and the quest for climate control in the Cold War /
"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, such as air condi...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
2017.
|
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a2200000Ma 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | b3580928 | ||
| 003 | CStclU | ||
| 005 | 20240524050223.0 | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr |||||||nn|n | ||
| 008 | 170324s2017 pau ob 001 0 eng d | ||
| 019 | |a jeba1001380306 |a jeba1001541378 |a jeba1024153410 |a jeba1043153890 |a jeba1047648876 |a jeba1124536089 |a jeba1144528474 |a jeba1158429452 |a jeba1193102648 | ||
| 020 | |a 9780822982760 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 020 | |a 0822982765 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 020 | |z 9780822944744 |q (hardcover ; |q acid-free paper) | ||
| 020 | |z 082294474X |q (hardcover ; |q acid-free paper) | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)jeba990478260 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)990478260 |z (OCoLC)1001380306 |z (OCoLC)1001541378 |z (OCoLC)1024153410 |z (OCoLC)1043153890 |z (OCoLC)1047648876 |z (OCoLC)1124536089 |z (OCoLC)1144528474 |z (OCoLC)1158429452 |z (OCoLC)1193102648 | ||
| 037 | |a 22573/ctt1r5rfxs |b JSTOR | ||
| 040 | |a P@U |b eng |e pn |c P@U |d OCLCO |d N$T |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d JSTOR |d OCLCF |d EBLCP |d MERUC |d IDEBK |d YDX |d OCLCQ |d IOG |d OCLCO |d STF |d IGB |d AUW |d BTN |d MHW |d INTCL |d SNK |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d G3B |d S8I |d S8J |d D6H |d AGLDB |d M8D |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d UKAHL |d OCLCQ |d DDO |d OCL |d MM9 |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCLCL | ||
| 049 | |a STAW | ||
| 050 | 4 | |a QK715.5 |b .M86 2017 | |
| 084 | |a SCI034000 |2 bisacsh | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Munns, David P. D., |d 1972- |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjKf3p74798kWJrqxgWCHy | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Engineering the environment : |b phytotrons and the quest for climate control in the Cold War / |c David P.D. Munns. |
| 260 | |a Pittsburgh, Pa. : |b University of Pittsburgh Press, |c 2017. | ||
| 300 | |a 1 online resource | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Prelude. The World of Trons; Introduction. The Age of Biology; 1. "The Awe in Which Biologists Hold Physicists": Building the First Phytotron at Caltech; 2. At Work in the Caltech Phytotron; 3. The Climatron; Coda I. The Finale of Frits Went; 4. The Postcolonial Science of the Australian Phytotron; 5. The Twin Phytotrons of the Triangle between Duke and North Carolina State; 6. Big Biology in the Biotron; Coda II. The Passing of the Age of Biology; Conclusion. The New Age of Climate; Appendices; I. Chemical Symbols and Substances. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a II. Phytotronic Units of IlluminationIII. Botanical Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index. | |
| 520 | 2 | |a "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, such as air conditioning and humidity control, phytotrons promised an end to global hunger and political instability, spreading around the world to thirty countries after World War II. The United States built nearly a dozen, including the first at Caltech in 1949. By the mid-1960s, as support and funding for basic science dwindled, phytotrons declined and ultimately disappeared--until, nearly thirty years later, the British built the Ecotron to study the impact of climate change on biological communities. By recalling the forgotten history of phytotrons, David P.D. Munns reminds us of the important role they can play in helping researchers unravel the complexities of natural ecosystems in the Anthropocene"--Provided by publisher. | |
| 588 | 0 | |a Print version record. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cold War. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Ecology |x Research |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Botany |x Research |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Climatology |x Research |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Growth cabinets and rooms |x Environmental engineering |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Phytotron |x Environmental engineering |x History. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SCIENCE |x History. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SCIENCE |x Life Sciences |x Botany. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SCIENCE |x General. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Botany |x Research |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Climatology |x Research |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Ecology |x Research |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Growth cabinets and rooms |x Environmental engineering |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Phytotron |x Environmental engineering |2 fast | |
| 655 | 7 | |a History |2 fast | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |a Munns, David P.D., 1972- |t Engineering the environment. |d Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017 |w (DLC) 2017014496 |
| 830 | 0 | |a Book collections on Project MUSE. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://login.libproxy.scu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1r33q5x |z Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |t 0 |
| 907 | |a .b35809280 |b 240528 |c 200113 | ||
| 998 | |a uww |b |c m |d z |e l |f eng |g pau |h 0 | ||
| 919 | |a .ulebk |b 2024-02-15 | ||
| 917 | |a JSTOR EBA Program | ||
| 999 | f | f | |i 90ddeb2b-19ef-5a23-b862-b81233b76dd9 |s 952be742-45e2-5641-b416-9d1b0f8e3cb0 |t 0 |