Rivals: how scientists learned to cooperate
Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction: The Uncommunal Community -- Chapter One. The Republic of Letters: Pen-Pal Science -- 1.1. Introduction: The End of Splendid Solitude -- 1.2. The Dance of Distance and Proximity -- 1.3. Mobilizing the Academies: The Transits of Venus -- 1.4. Centralizing Everything: The Mannheim Meteorological Network -- 1.5. Conclusion: Where Was Community? -- Chapter Two. Internationalism: Science as a World Project -- 2.1. Introduction: Thinking Globally -- 2.2. A Universal Parliament -- 2.3. The Carte du Ciel: The Diplomatic Model -- 2.4. The International Cloud Atlas: The Voluntarist Model -- 2.5. Conclusion: Cooperate or Defect? -- Chapter Three. The Scientific Community: Governance without Governments -- 3.1. Introduction: The Cosmic Community -- 3.2. The Academy of Academies: Top-Down Governance -- 3.3. Scientific Internationalism, United Nations Style: The World Meteorological Organization -- 3.4. The Scientific Community in the Cold War: Governance against Governments -- 3.5. Conclusion: The Numbers Game -- Epilogue: Being in the Room Together -- Acknowledgments -- Further Reading -- Notes -- Back Cover.