Article ID: CBB000102521

Nuclear Winter: Scientists in the Political Arena (2001)

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Description Uses nuclear winter phenomenon to illustrate the different ways by which scientific advice reaches decision-makers in the United States government. Examines role of Carl Sagan.


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Authors & Contributors
Kevin Ruane
Grise, Michelle Claire
Snyder, Timothy
Wellerstein, Alex
Unger, Corinna R.
Strasser, Bruno J.
Journals
VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki
Traverse
Physics in Perspective
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
History Workshop Journal
Publishers
University of Texas at Austin
Stanford University Press
Springer
Palgrave Macmillan
Oxford University Press for the British Academy
Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California
Concepts
Science and politics
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Science and government
Physics
Cold War
Science and war; science and the military
People
Sagan, Carl
Oppenheimer, J. Robert
Pauling, Linus Carl
Kistiakowsky, George Bogdan
Huxley, Julian Sorell
Wiesner, Jerome B.
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Soviet Union
Switzerland
Pakistan
Institutions
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S.)
Strategic Defense Initiative
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