عنوان

Scientists at war :

شابک

0674736826

شابک

9780674736825

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Scientists at war :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the ethics of Cold War weapons research /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Sarah Bridger

نام خاص و کميت اثر

x, 350 pages ;

ابعاد

25 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index

متن يادداشت

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 Sputnik order -- A united front against Star Wars -- Epilogue: science and ethics after the Cold War

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

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 sparked a cross-generational opposition among scientists. The Manhattan Project in the early 1940s and the crisis provoked by the launch of Sputnik in 1957 greatly enhanced the political clout of American scientists. Yet many who took up government roles felt a duty to advocate arms control. Bridger investigates the internal debate over nuclear weapons policy during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, when scientific advisors did not restrict themselves to technical assessments but made an impassioned moral case for a nuclear test ban. The relationship between government and science began to fray further during the Vietnam War, as younger scientists inside and outside of government questioned the morality of using chemical defoliants, napalm, and other non-nuclear weapons. With campuses erupting in protest over classified weapons research conducted in university labs, many elder statesmen of science, who once believed they could wield influence from within, became alienated. The result was a coalition that opposed "Star Wars" during the 1980s--and a diminished role for scientists as counselors to future presidents.--From publisher description

موضوع مستند نشده

Cold War

موضوع مستند نشده

Military research-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States

موضوع مستند نشده

Military research-- United States-- History-- 20th century

موضوع مستند نشده

Military weapons-- Technological innovations-- Moral and ethical aspects

موضوع مستند نشده

Nuclear weapons-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States

موضوع مستند نشده

Science-- Moral and ethical aspects

موضوع مستند نشده

Science-- Social aspects

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Bridger, Sarah

تاريخ عمليات

20160226053713.9

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y