Exploration and Science: Social Impact and Interaction

by Michael S. Reidy

Book Overview

This comprehensive volume explores the intricate, mutually dependent relationship between science and exploration--how each has repeatedly built on the discoveries of the other and, in the process, opened new frontiers.

A simple question: Which came first, advances in navigation or successful voyages of discovery? A complicated answer: Both and neither. For more than four centuries, scientists and explorers have worked together--sometimes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576079856
• ISBN13: 9781576079850
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 10.2"