In Sputnik's shadow : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America /

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In today's world of rapid advancements in science and technology, we need to scrutinize more than ever the historical forces that shape our perceptions of what these new possibilities can and cannot do for social progress. In Sputnik's Shadow provides a lens to do just that, by tracing the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wang, Zuoyue, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2008.
Temas:
United States. > President's Science Advisory Committee.
United States. > President's Science Advisory Committee
1900-1999
Science and state > United States > History > 20th century.
Sputnik satellites.
Cold War.
Politique scientifique et technique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Spoutnik.
Guerre froide.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Politics and government
Science and state
Sputnik satellites
United States > Politics and government > 1953-1961.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1953-1961.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • American public science, 1863-1945
  • The origins of technological skepticism, 1945-1950
  • Mobilizing science for the Korean War under Truman, 1950-1952
  • Science and the national security state under Eisenhower, 1952-1957
  • Eisenhower, Sputnik, and the creation of PSAC, 1957
  • PSAC and the launching of NASA, 1957-1960
  • Military technology, 1957-1960
  • The search for a nuclear test ban, 1957-1960
  • The politics of big science, 1957-1960
  • The control of science policy under Eisenhower, 1957-1960
  • Science at the new frontier under Kennedy, 1960-1963
  • Responding to Rachel Carson's Silent spring, 1962-1963
  • Testing the limits, 1961-1963
  • "Scientists for Johnson," 1964
  • PSAC, the Vietnam War, and the ABM debate, 1964-1968
  • The politics of technological dissent under Nixon, 1969-1973.

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