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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wang, Zuoyue, 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > President's Science Advisory Committee.
Sputnik satellites.
Science and state.
Politics and government
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Guerre froide.
Spoutnik.
Politique scientifique et technique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Cold War.
Science and state > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1953-1961.
United States > Politics and government > 1953-1961.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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