Soviet Science and Engineering in the Shadow of the Cold War

Sommario

Preface
Introduction
PART.I. What Drove the Scientists to the Cold War?: In the Case of Physicists.
Chapter 1: "Jealousy" and "Discord:" The Conflicts among Physicists during the War.
Chapter 2. "Ideology" or "Harassment"? : "The Physics Conference" Unopened.
PART II, Some Aspects of the Soviet Cold War Research and Developments.
Chapter 3. "Foresight" or "Survival"? : Rocket Development and the Ministry of Armament
Chapter 4. Plunder of Technology: Jet Plane Development and German Technology
Chapter 5. "Concealed Rivalry": The Early Days of Computer Development.
PART III. "Hope" and "Anxiety:" Soviet Science at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age.
Chapter 6, Obninsk, 1955: The World’s First Nuclear Power Plant and "The Atomic Diplomacy" by Soviet Scientists.
Chapter 7. "A Double-edged Sword:" Radiation Studies and the Normalization of Biological Sciences.
Chapter 8. Anna Vasil’evna Kozlova (1906-19080): The Fate of the Data on the Casualties of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Bikini.
Conclusion
Index

Info autore

Hiroshi Ichikawa is Professor of the History of Science and Technology in the Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences at Hiroshima University, Japan

Riassunto

Ichikawa analyses the complicated interactions among various factors, including the indigenous contradictions in the historical development of science in the Soviet Union; conflicts among the related interest groups; relationships with the political leadership and the military, the role of ideology; and others.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ichikawa, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Hiroshi (Hiroshima University Ichikawa, Ichikawa Hiroshi
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.10.2018
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia
• EAN: 9781138552456
• ISBN: 978-1-138-55245-6
• Numero di pagine: 196
• Serie: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine; Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
• Categorie: USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, History of Science, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Diplomacy, United States of America, USA, Inventions & inventors, Inventions and inventors, Engineering: general, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Weapons & equipment, The Cold War, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Weapons and equipment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Military-industrial complex, Cold War technology, nuclear weapons development, Soviet research policy, ideological influence science, Cold War scientific collaboration, scientific mobilisation USSR