I had a fascinating chat with @erikisberg.bsky.social about his research into the history of geophysics, which in the interwar years coalesced around a curious mix of internationalism, colonialism, and petroleum!
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Geophysics, or the study of Earth using the tools and methods of physics, is often understood to have begun in the post-WWII period. However, the period between the world wars saw ferment and innovati
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