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• catalog abstract "This personalized narrative is both a technical and economic history showing how exploration geophysics evolved from simple scientific beginnings into a sophisticated science impacting civilization in diverse ways. It presents geophysics as an intriguing scientific and technical field full of sharp contrasts, revealing it as an unusual blend of the theoretical and the practical, the laboratory and the field, the nonprofit effort and the profit-making venture, a cornerstone of peace and an implement of war. Written by members of the profession well acquainted with many of the key actions and players, this book describes intriguing developments and applications that took place within three interrelated fields of earth physics-exploration geophysics, seismology, and oceanography-during the never-ending search for oil and natural gas. Stressing challenge and change, this chronicle is bracketed by two major flex points in Western civilization-the initial waging of deadly global war (1914-18) and the conclusion in the 1990s of the Cold War that threatened civilization with nuclear annihilation. It is a complex story of people and events that highlights the emergence of major industries on the international scene. The book is must reading for all practicing earth scientists and their families, investors in the industry, and people interested in economic geology, public and world affairs, military warfare, the history of science and technology, environmental sciences, and even outdoor adventure.".
• catalog contributor b12589711.
• catalog contributor b12589712.
• catalog contributor b12589713.
• catalog contributor b12589714.
• catalog contributor b12589715.
• catalog contributor b12589716.
• catalog created "c2001.".
• catalog date "2001".
• catalog date "c2001.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
• catalog description "1. Some antecedents to the modern-day profession of geophysics through World War I -- 2. Geophysics comes of age : the roaring twenties and the depressing thirties -- 3. Geophysicists at war, 1939-45 -- 4. Reversion to peacetime, 1945-50 -- 5. The 1950s : a burgeoning era of geophysics -- 6. Science in government and government in science : the 1960s -- 7. Geophysics interacts with the environmentalists and OPEC : the 1970s and the early 1980s -- 8. An industry in turmoil : the mid-to-late 1980s -- 9. Geophysical advances in the midst of uncertainty : the 1990s -- 10. Geophysics as a business : then and now -- 11. Corporate profiles of yesteryear -- 12. Today's geophysical industry : the full-service companies -- 13. Some niche firms -- 14. The geophysical professional : worldwide.".
• catalog description "Appendices. A. Seismological monitoring of the world's first nuclear detonation : the Trinity shot of 16 July 1945 -- B. International Association of Geophysical Contractors : membership list October 2000 -- C. Vignettes on the teaching of geophysics -- D. Vignettes on geophysical prospecting -- E. Some contributions by Cecil and Ida Green to their fellow man -- F. Incorporated research institutions for seismology : members and foreign affiliates -- Historical photographs -- References -- Index.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Petroleum abstracts".
• catalog description "This personalized narrative is both a technical and economic history showing how exploration geophysics evolved from simple scientific beginnings into a sophisticated science impacting civilization in diverse ways. It presents geophysics as an intriguing scientific and technical field full of sharp contrasts, revealing it as an unusual blend of the theoretical and the practical, the laboratory and the field, the nonprofit effort and the profit-making venture, a cornerstone of peace and an implement of war. Written by members of the profession well acquainted with many of the key actions and players, this book describes intriguing developments and applications that took place within three interrelated fields of earth physics-exploration geophysics, seismology, and oceanography-during the never-ending search for oil and natural gas. Stressing challenge and change, this chronicle is bracketed by two major flex points in Western civilization-the initial waging of deadly global war (1914-18) and the conclusion in the 1990s of the Cold War that threatened civilization with nuclear annihilation. It is a complex story of people and events that highlights the emergence of major industries on the international scene. The book is must reading for all practicing earth scientists and their families, investors in the industry, and people interested in economic geology, public and world affairs, military warfare, the history of science and technology, environmental sciences, and even outdoor adventure.".
• catalog extent "xxviii, 429 p., [48] p. of plates :".
• catalog hasFormat "Geophysics in the affairs of mankind.".
• catalog identifier "1560800879".
• catalog isFormatOf "Geophysics in the affairs of mankind.".
• catalog isPartOf "Geophysical references ; v. 10.".
• catalog isPartOf "Geophysical references series ; no. 10".
• catalog isReferencedBy "Petroleum abstracts".
• catalog issued "2001".
• catalog issued "c2001.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Tulsa : Society of Exploration Geophysicists,".
• catalog relation "Geophysics in the affairs of mankind.".
• catalog subject "622/.15 21".
• catalog subject "Geophysics.".
• catalog subject "Prospecting Geophysical methods.".
• catalog subject "QC807 .B37 2001".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Some antecedents to the modern-day profession of geophysics through World War I -- 2. Geophysics comes of age : the roaring twenties and the depressing thirties -- 3. Geophysicists at war, 1939-45 -- 4. Reversion to peacetime, 1945-50 -- 5. The 1950s : a burgeoning era of geophysics -- 6. Science in government and government in science : the 1960s -- 7. Geophysics interacts with the environmentalists and OPEC : the 1970s and the early 1980s -- 8. An industry in turmoil : the mid-to-late 1980s -- 9. Geophysical advances in the midst of uncertainty : the 1990s -- 10. Geophysics as a business : then and now -- 11. Corporate profiles of yesteryear -- 12. Today's geophysical industry : the full-service companies -- 13. Some niche firms -- 14. The geophysical professional : worldwide.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Appendices. A. Seismological monitoring of the world's first nuclear detonation : the Trinity shot of 16 July 1945 -- B. International Association of Geophysical Contractors : membership list October 2000 -- C. Vignettes on the teaching of geophysics -- D. Vignettes on geophysical prospecting -- E. Some contributions by Cecil and Ida Green to their fellow man -- F. Incorporated research institutions for seismology : members and foreign affiliates -- Historical photographs -- References -- Index.".
• catalog title "Geophysics in the affairs of mankind : a personalized history of exploration geophysics / L.C. (Lee) Lawyer, Charles C. Bates, Robert B. Rice.".
• catalog type "text".