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Scientists at war : the ethics of Cold War weapons research / Sarah Bridger.

LIBRA Q125 .B728 2015
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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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