American scientists as public citizens: 70 years of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Wilson, Benjamin
Kaiser, David I.
Date Issued
November 2015
Journal
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Sage Publications
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Kaiser, David, and Benjamin Wilson. “American Scientists as Public Citizens: 70 Years of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 71.1 (2015): 13–25.
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Abstract
For seven decades, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has served as a discussion forum for urgent issues at the intersection of science, technology, and society. Born in the aftermath of World War II and a roiling debate over the control of the postwar atom, the Bulletin has been a sounding board for major nuclear-age debates, from atomic espionage to missile defense. Since the end of the Cold War, the magazine has featured an expanding array of challenges, including the threat posed by global climate change. The Bulletin’s contributors have expressed their public citizenship by helping to bring the political aspects of science into proper focus. They have stood up for the political freedom of science, and sought to harness scientific knowledge to responsible ends in the political arena. Such efforts are needed now, as they were in 1945.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society
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https://doi.org/10.1177/0096340214563679
