{"product_id":"the-year-science-changed-everything-1957s-international-geophysical-year-and-the-future-of-our-planet-9781493084906","title":"The Year Science Changed Everything: 1957's International Geophysical Year and the Future of Our Planet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1957, 6,000 scientists from 66 nations achieved the impossible: they erased political borders for 18 months to unlock Earth's greatest mysteries--and changed science forever.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. Through exclusive interviews with modern climate leaders--including the late marine biologist and climate researcher Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, science diplomat and Senior Fellow at United Nations Institute for Training and Research Paul Arthur Berkman, Frank Niepold at the National Oceanic \u0026amp; Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), science historian Rebecca Charbonneau, and many more--author Mark O'Connell reveals how this historic collaboration offers a blueprint for tackling today's environmental challenges. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Key discoveries from this groundbreaking initiative: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sparked the space race and satellite technology development \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Led to the first comprehensive mapping of ocean floors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Produced the Antarctic Treaty, protecting an entire continent \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Established the foundation for modern climate science \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Created a model for international scientific cooperation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e As climate change threatens our planet, \u003ci\u003eThe Year Science Changed Everything\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the spirit of global scientific unity that transformed 1957 might be our best hope for safeguarding Earth's future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark O'Connell\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, screenwriter, feature television commentator, and university lecturer. He got his start in television, writing for \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: The Next Generation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: Deep Space Nine.\u003c\/i\u003e O'Connell was Co-Executive Producer and on-camera expert on the reality show \u003ci\u003eUFO Witness\u003c\/i\u003e, a recurring guest on the TV show \u003ci\u003eFright Club, \u003c\/i\u003eand Co-Producer of a Discovery+ documentary about best-selling author Whitley Strieber. O'Connell is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOS, \u003c\/i\u003ea biography of Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the famed astrophysicist, science educator, and UFO researcher and inspiration behind Steven Spielberg's epic film \u003ci\u003eClose Encounters of the Third Kind.\u003c\/i\u003e Currently, O'Connell is a featured commentator discussing the science and history of UFOs in \u003ci\u003eUFOs: Investigating the Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e, a documentary mini-series for the National Geographic Channel, now streaming on Hulu, and soon on VICE and Disney +. He is also on the screenwriting faculty of the College of Computing \u0026amp; Digital Media at DePaul University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Prometheus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51254167961874,"sku":"9781493084906","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20745291-4869-4e16-8d91-b944b7632e92.jpg?v=1746312347","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-year-science-changed-everything-1957s-international-geophysical-year-and-the-future-of-our-planet-9781493084906","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}