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James R. Fleming
Professor and Director of STS
Science, Technology, and Society



Phone: 207-859-5881
Fax: 859-5868
Email: jfleming@colby.edu

Mailing Address:
5881 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8858

Semester Schedule
Education

B.S.Astronomy Pennsylvania State University 1971
M.S.Atmospheric ScienceColorado State University 1973
M.A.History of SciencePrinceton University 1984
Ph.D.History of SciencePrinceton University 1988
Areas of Expertise:
  • History of science and technology
  • Science, technology and society
  • Weather and climate

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    Professional Information

    Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2006-07
    AAAS Roger Revelle Fellow in Global Stewardship, 2006-07
    Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, 2005-06
    Chair of AAAS Section L, History and Philosophy of Science
    Founding President, International Commission on History of Meteorology meteohistory.org
    Biosketch
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    Current Research

    The Chequered History of Weather and Climate Control. Book under contract with Columbia University Press.

    Publications

    Publications

    "The Climate Engineers," Wilson Quarterly (Spring 2007). link

    Climate Change and Anthropogenic Greenhouse Warming, 1824-1995: A selection of key articles, with interpretive essays. National Science Foundation, National Science Digital Library, 2008. link

    Advancing Polar Weather and Climate Research and Communicating Its Wonders, in Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar Year Science, Washington, DC, in press.

    Earth Observations from Space: The First 50 Years of Scientific Achievements. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, 2008. link