Book ID: CBB000102143

Physical Science and the Language of War (2001)

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Galison, Peter Louis (Editor)


Routledge


Publication Date: 2001
Physical Details: 362 pp.
Language: English

Description Contents include previously published articles (1971-1997) on the link between physicists and the military from World War II to 1995. Contributors include: Michael Fortun; Sylvan S. Schweber; Peter Bacon Hales; Lillian Hoddeson; Brian Easlea; Matt Price; Peter Galison; Paul Forman; Donald Mackensie; Hugh Gusterson; Daniel J. Kevles.


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Authors & Contributors
Conant, Jennet
Gadioli, Ettore
Cioci, Vincenzo
Edward P.F. Rose
Dahn, Ryan
Kono, Hiroto
Concepts
World War II
Science and war; science and the military
Physics
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Science and politics
Biographies
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
Germany
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
Malta
Institutions
Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Universiteit Leiden
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physik, Berlin
Harvard University
Tuxedo Park (N.Y.)
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