STS.436 Cold War Science, Spring 2004

Kaiser, David

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Kaiser, David

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Cold War Science

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Abstract

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

2004-06

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49529

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society

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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

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