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02887aam a2200469 i 4500 001 0AA4CDD6621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170706010219 008 170324s2017 paua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017014496 020 $a 082294474X 020 $a 9780822944744 035 $a (OCoLC)979994535 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d BDX $d OCLCF $d PIT $d YDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a QK715.5 $b .M86 2017 082 00 $a 581.072/4 $2 23 084 $a SCI034000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Munns, David P. D., $d 1972- $e author. 245 10 $a Engineering the environment : $b phytotrons and the quest for climate control in the Cold War / $c David P. D. Munns. 264 1 $a Pittsburgh, Pa. : $b University of Pittsburgh Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xxiii, 334 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 611 27 $a Cold War (1945-1989) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01754978 650 0 $a Phytotron $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Growth cabinets and rooms $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Climatology $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Botany $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Ecology $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Cold War. 650 7 $a SCIENCE $x History. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Botany $x Research. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00836924 650 7 $a Climatology $x Research. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00864304 650 7 $a Ecology $x Research. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901529 650 7 $a Growth cabinets and rooms $x Environmental engineering. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00948600 650 7 $a Phytotron $x Environmental engineering. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01063331 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170802030720.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0AA4CDD6621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search