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Author Bridger, Sarah, author.

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

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 350 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Science -- Social aspects.
Science -- Social aspects.
Science -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Science -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Military weapons -- Technological innovations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Military weapons -- Technological innovations.
Military weapons.
Military research -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Military research.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Military research -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Military research -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Nuclear weapons -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Nuclear weapons -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Cold War.
Cold War (1945-1989)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Bridger, Sarah. Scientists at war 9780674736825 (DLC) 2014035595 (OCoLC)893709507
ISBN 9780674426085 (electronic book)
0674426088 (electronic book)
9780674736825
0674736826