March 4: scientists, students, and society. / Edited by Jonathan Allen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allen, Jonathan, 1934- editor.

MIT Press, publisher.

Halliday Lithograph Corporation, printer.

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Social aspects--Congresses.

Science.

Science--Social aspects.

Science--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.

Science--Moral and ethical aspects.

Science and civilization--Congresses.

Science and civilization.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

xxv, 177 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1970.

Contents:

The responsibilities of intellectuals / F.E. Low, chairman

Students and society / J. Fiegenbaum

Responsibility / N. Chomsky

The scientist in military affairs / W.G. McMillan

Intellectuals in government / V.F. Weisskopf

Reconversion and nonmilitary research opportunities / R.F. Probstein, chairman reconversion and academic research

Some proposals to aid reconversion / M.C. Grignetti

Problems and possibilities in reconversion / D.S. Dayton

Reconversion within government laboratories / L.W. Gruenberg

The academic community and government / S.E. Luria, chairman

The academic community and governmental power / H. Zinn.

A historical perspective / E. Rabinowitch

Academic freedom and the military / E. Mann

Scholarship in the academic community / F. Schurmann

The future of the academic community / T.C. Schelling

Comments on UCS position statement / L. Trilling

Reconversion for what? / G.E. Brown, Jr.

A generation in search of a future / G. Wald

Protesting the draft / A. Mullaney

Proposals for further action / J. Kabat, J. Rubenzahl, J. Feigenbaum, O. Fleischman, S. Kolowsky

Arms control, disarmament, and national security / B.T. Feld, chairman

ABM and the strategic balance / H.A. Bethe

Controlling biological and chemical weapons / M.S. Meselson

The history of atomic diplomacy / G. Alperovitz.

Notes:

"Copyright ©1970 by The Massachusetts Institute of Technology"--verso of title page.

"Set in Linofilm Quick Helvetica by Southern New England Typographic Service. Printed and bound in the United States of America by Halliday Lithograph Corp."--verso of title page.

"This book is a historical record of a series of talks and panel discussions that were sponsored by the Union of Concerned Scientists at MIT and held on March 3 and 4, 1969.".

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

ISBN:

0262510081

OCLC:

80837