Soviet Science and Engineering in the Shadow of the Cold War

Soviet Science and Engineering in the Shadow of the Cold War

Ichikawa, Hiroshi

Taylor & Francis Ltd

10/2018

196

Dura

Inglês

9781138552456

15 a 20 dias

430

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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
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Special Design Bureau;USSR Academy;Bikini;Nobel Prize Laureate;Nagasaki;Radiation Effects;Hiroshima;Bikini Atoll;Rocketry;Soviet Scientists;Atomic diplomacy;Biological Sciences;Khruschchev;Rocket Development;Atomic Energy;Soviet Academy;Sputnik;Sergei Vavilov;Stalin;Bikini Incident;People's Commissariat;Radiation Sickness;Siberian Branch;August Session;Design Bureau;Light Water Reactor;Metal Cutting Machine Tools;Scientific Research Institute;Jet Planes;Leningrad State University;United Nations Scientific Committee;Rocket Guns;Agricultural Machine Building;General Purpose Digital Computer