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Redefining Science Scientists, the National Security State, and Nuclear Weapons in Cold War America /
"The Cold War forced scientists to reconcile their values of internationalism and objectivity with the increasingly militaristic uses of scientific knowledge. For decades, antinuclear scientists pursued nuclear disarmament in a variety of ways, from grassroots activism to transnational diplomac...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: a tale of two hearings
- From "highly unreliable" to "patriotic and prompt": scientists confront the national security state, 1945/1957
- Linus Pauling's "science of morality": challenging nuclear weapons, 1950/1963
- Edward Teller's flexible response: defending nuclear weapons, 1954/1963
- "Crucified on a cross of atoms": scientists and the Test Ban Treaty, 1957/1963
- To "sail before the wind of time": scientists and disarmament after the Test Ban Treaty, 1963/1972
- The dilemmas of Herbert York: opposition in the mainstream, 1952/1981
- "An elaborate way of committing national suicide": Carl Sagan and nuclear winter, 1980/1989
- "An emotional grassroots offensive": scientists, SDI, and the moral challenge to nuclear weapons, 1980/1991
- Conclusion: the future of nuclear weapons.