Scientists at war : the ethics of Cold War weapons research / Sarah Bridger.
Scientists at war : the ethics of Cold War weapons research / Sarah Bridger.
Scientists at war : the ethics of Cold War weapons research / Sarah Bridger.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press, 2015.
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G 2016/1882
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English
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x, 350 pages ; 25 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Prologue: the conscience of a physicist -- The Sputnik opportunity -- The moral case for a test ban -- The science of non-nuclear war -- Into the ethical hot pot -- Disaster and disillusionment in Vietnam -- Institutional reckonings at MIT -- The New Left assault on neutrality -- Collapse of the Spu...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press, 2015.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2015.
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"Scientists at War" examines the ethical debates that severely tested the American scientific community during the Cold War. Sarah Bridger highlights the contributions of scientists to military technologies and strategic policymaking, from the dawning atomic age in the 1940s through the Strategic Defense Initiative ( Star Wars ) in the 1980s, which...
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Scientists at war : the ethics of Cold War weapons research / Sarah Bridger.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2015.
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G 2016/1882
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74VKVpQBXLPX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpQBXLPX
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0674736826
9780674736825
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174/.96234
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991023988311202626
