STS.436 Cold War Science, Spring 2004
Author(s)
Kaiser, David
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Alternative title
Cold War Science
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This course examines the history and legacy of the Cold War on science, looking predominantly at examples in the United States. It begins by exploring scientists’ new political roles after World War II, ranging from elite policy-makers in the nuclear age to victims of domestic anti-Communism. The course next examines the changing institutions in which the physical, biological, and social sciences were conducted during the postwar decades, investigating the links between institutions and epistemology. The course closes by considering the place of science in the post-Cold-War era.
Date issued
2004-06Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and SocietyOther identifiers
STS.436-Spring2004
local: STS.436
local: IMSCP-MD5-b7c63b2a999bfb04a468e87b5249db8a
Keywords
cold war, history of science, nuclear age, post-cold-war era, atomic bomb, nuclear weapons, atom bomb, hydrogen bomb, atomic energy, McCarthyism, espionage, anti-communism, soviet union, cold war america, american science