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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bridger, Sarah (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Science > Social aspects.
Science > Moral and ethical aspects.
Military weapons > Technological innovations > Moral and ethical aspects.
Military research > United States > History > 20th century.
Military research > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Nuclear weapons > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Cold War.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.