The Year Science Changed Everything: 1957's International Geophysical Year and the Future of Our Planet

by Mark O'Connell

In 1957, 60,000 scientists from 66 nations achieved the impossible: they erased political borders for 18 months to unlock Earth's greatest mysteries--and changed science forever.

The International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957 marked humanity's first unified effort to understand our planet, launching the space race, discovering the Van Allen radiation belts, and producing groundbreaking climate research that shapes our world today...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493084909
• ISBN13: 9781493084906
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 232 Pages