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"Surely you're joking, Mr. Thomsen!" : adventures of a petroleum scientist / Leon Thomsen ; Tijmen Jan Moser, managing and volume editor.
| Author/creator | Thomsen, Leon author. |
| Other author | Society of Exploration Geophysicists, issuing body. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Houston : Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2025. |
| Description | 1 online resource (iv, 257 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://doi.org/10.1190/1.9781560804079 |
| Supplemental Content | GeoScienceWorld |
| Subjects |
| Series | Geophysical monograph series ; number 27 Geophysical monograph series ; number 27. |
| Summary | This memoir is written for those with an interest in how science shapes our society, and how technology drives business outcomes in giant corporations whose operations affect us all. It connects the curiosity-driven world of Richard Feynman: finding out 'how the Universe works,' to the utility-driven world of hydrocarbon exploration: finding the ideas to find the technology to find enough oil to give us the chance to find a sustainable energy economy. It follows the journey of an adolescent Doodlebugger from the American Midwest to Caltech and Columbia, to academic appointments, then to technological leadership (with trillion-dollar implications) at two major oil companies, to professional leadership of the international society of applied geophysics, and eventually to the National Academy of Engineering. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Spec. audience char. | Specialized. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 7, 2026). |
| Issued in other form | Print version : 9781560804093 |
| ISBN | 9781560804079 (ebook) : |