International Geophysical Year
Britishnoun
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The International Geophysical Year of 1957–58 marked a step change in the commitment of Earth sciences to global data exchange, and was a diplomatic achievement in the middle of the cold war7.
From Nature ● Oct. 14, 2019
Although officially part of the International Geophysical Year, the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik in October 1957 had clear military ramifications.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2013
It began among scientists in 1957 with the International Geophysical Year, the first real attempt to coordinate planetary scale investigations.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2012
Russian scientists first identified the Gamburtsevs in 1958 as part of a survey during the International Geophysical Year, and geologists have been puzzled ever since about how the range came to be.
From US News ● Oct. 18, 2010
Vanguard was the United States’s International Geophysical Year satellite program, and von Braun, since he worked for the Army, was somehow too tainted by that association to make the first American try for orbit.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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