Science, Technology and the Military

E. Mendelsohn (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 904818455X / ISBN 13: 9789048184552

Verlag: Springer, 2010

Science, Technology and the Military | E. Mendelsohn (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook | 288 S. | Englisch | 2010 | Springer | EAN 9789048184552 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 107157303

Inhaltsangabe:

III Transformation of Industry and Medicine.- The Role of the Military in the Electrification of Russia 1870-1890.- World War II and the Transformation of the American Chemical Industry.- Between Cowardice and Insanity: Shellshock and the Legitimation of the Neuroses in Great Britain.- IV Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power.- The Development of the First Atomic Bomb in the USSR.- 'Over My Dead Body': James Bryant Conant and the Hydrogen Bomb.- A Crystal Ball in the Shadows of Nuremberg and Hiroshima: The Ethical Debate Over Human Experimentation to Develop a Nuclear Powered Bomber, 1946-1951.- V R&D: Military, Industry and the Academy.- An Analytical Look at R&D and the Arms Race.- The Government of Military R&D in Britain.- The Government of Military R&D: A Comparative Perspective.- The Making of an Entrepreneurial University: The Traffic Among M.I.T. and the Industry and the Military, 1860-1960.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Science, Technology and the Military
Verlag: Springer
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Taschenbuch
Zustand: Neu