1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911147218703321

Titolo

Toward an Earth Science Enterprise federation : results from a workshop / / Steering Committee for a Workshop on an Earth Science Enterprise Federation, Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1998

ISBN

9786610186754

9781280186752

1280186755

9780309592017

0309592011

9780585149400

0585149402

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 51 p

Altri autori (Persone)

KarlThomas

Disciplina

550/.285

Soggetti

Earth sciences - Research - United States - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bottom on cover title: National Research Council.

Copyright: National Academy of Sciences.

"Steering Committee ... Thomas R. Karl, National Climatic Data Center"--P. iii.

"Following individuals ... review of this report, ... Kenneth D. Davidson, National Climatic Data Center, .... responsibility for the final content of this report rests solely with the authoring committee and the NRC"--P. viii.

"Goal of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) is to enhance understanding ... at a variety of temporal and spatial scales.  At the heart ... is the Earth Observing System .... federation concept is a reversal of NASA's traditional data management approach, because it places power and authority at the lowest level possible."--P. 1.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 19).

Nota di contenuto

Toward an Earth Science Enterprise Federation: -- Copyright -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- OVERVIEW --



BACKGROUND -- ORGANIZATION OF REPORT -- 2 Working Group Summaries -- OBJECTIVES -- GOVERNANCE -- Key Management Issues -- Key Membership Issues -- Governing Body Tasks -- POTENTIAL COSTS AND BENEFITS -- MEASURES OF SUCCESS -- 3 Models For An Earth Science Enterprise Federation -- OVERVIEW OF FEDERATION MODELS -- LESSONS FOR AN ESE FEDERATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Afterword -- Appendix A Federation Models -- ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES FEDERATION -- Prudence Adler -- HARVARD LIBRARIES -- NATO'S PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE -- STRATEGIC RESEARCH AT CHEVRON PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY COMPANY -- CHEVRON PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY COMPANY STRATEGIC RESEARCH -- THE SCIENCE OF FEDERALISM: PAST AND PRESENT -- UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH FEDERATION -- Appendix B Workshop Agenda -- Appendix C Workshop Participants -- Appendix D Winners Of Nasa's 1997 Cooperative Agreement Notices -- TYPE 2 ESIPS -- TYPE 3 ESIPS -- Acronyms.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911141399203321

Autore

Jones Max, Dr.

Titolo

The last great quest : Captain Scott's Antarctic sacrifice / / Max Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004, 2003

ISBN

0-19-162233-8

1-280-75291-2

9786610752911

0-19-151305-9

1-4294-7000-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Disciplina

919.8904092

Soggetti

Explorers - Great Britain

Antarctica Discovery and exploration British

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-333) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; List of Maps; Abbreviations;



INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Measuring the World; CHAPTER TWO: The Race to the South Pole; CHAPTER THREE: Disaster in the Antarctic; CHAPTER FOUR: Remembering the Dead; CHAPTER FIVE: 'Martyrs of Science'; CHAPTER SIX: 'For the Honour of our Country'; CHAPTER SEVEN: 'These Were Men'; CHAPTER EIGHT: 'So Many Heroes'; EPILOGUE; Appendix 1 British Memorials Commemorating the Antarctic Disaster, 1913-1925; Appendix 2 Message to the Public; Notes; Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The story of Captain Scott's last Antarctic expedition is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Lieutenant Henry Bowers, Petty Officer Edgar Evans, Captain Lawrence Oates, and Dr Edward Wilson all died on the return trek from the South Pole, starved and frozen, only eleven miles from a supply camp. In November 1912, a rescue party discovered their last letters and diaries, which told a story of bravery, hardship, and self-sacrifice that. shocked the world. Recent decades have seen controversy rage over whether Scott was the last of a line of great Victor