Science, Technology and the Military
Volume 12/1 & Volume 12/2
2nd Edition
Published on 31. March 1989
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-90-277-2783-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Publishing group
Springer
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
5 s/w Abbildungen
288 p. 5 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
559 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-277-2783-1 (9789027727831)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-2958-1
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Content
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.