Scientists at war [electronic resource] : the ethics of Cold War weapons research / Sarah Bridger.
2015
Q125 .B728 2015eb
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Scientists at war [electronic resource] : the ethics of Cold War weapons research / Sarah Bridger.
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9780674426085
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015].
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©2015.
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English
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1 online resource (x, 350 pages)
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10.4159/9780674426085 doi
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Q125 .B728 2015eb
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174/.96234
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of 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.
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.