Events

October 12, 2010

James Rodger Fleming, Colby College

Fixing the Sky:  Historical Perspectives on Weather and Climate Control

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Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Place: 6th Floor Conference Room, Chemical Heritage Foundation
Information: 215-873-8289 or bbl@chemheritage.org

This presentation examines the tragicomic history of rainmakers, weather warriors, and climate engineers, arguing that history matters in pressing issues of current public-policy concern and technical decision-making.

James Rodger Fleming is a historian of science and technology and professor of science, technology, and society at Colby College. Fleming recently held the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the Smithsonian Institution, the Roger Revelle Fellowship in Global Stewardship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a public-policy scholarship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. In the spring of 2011 he will convene a Gordon Cain research conference on the history of atmospheric chemistry at CHF.