John Paul Thomas: 58 books
Verner Suomi
The Life and Work of the Founder of Satellite Meteorology
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
As the space age got underway in the wake of Sputnik, one of the earliest areas of science to take advantage of the new observational opportunities it afforded was the study of climate and weather. This book tells the story of Finnish-American educator, inventor, and scientist Verner Suomi, who, in...
Embodied Difference
Divergent Bodies in Public Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2019
Focusing on the body as a visual and discursive platform across public space, we study marginalization as a sociocultural practice and hegemonic schema. Whereas mass incarceration and law enforcement readily feature in discussions of institutionalized racism, we differently highlight understudied...