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Scientists at war : the ethics of Cold War weapons research / Sarah Bridger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bridger, Sarah, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Social aspects.
- Science.
- Science--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Military weapons--Technological innovations--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Military weapons.
- Military research--United States--History--20th century.
- Military research.
- Military research--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Nuclear weapons--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Cold War.
- Nuclear weapons--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Military research--Moral and ethical aspects.
- History.
- Military weapons--Technological innovations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 350 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674736825
- 0674736826
- OCLC:
- 893709507
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