Science, Cold War and the American state : Lloyd V. Berkner and the balance of professional ideals
Series: Studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine ; v. 10.Amsterdam : Abingdon : Harwood Academic ; Marston, 2000Description: xi, 404 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9057026228
- 905702621X
- 9789057026218
- 9789057026225
- Berkner, Lloyd V. (Lloyd Viel), 1905-1967
- Berkner, Lloyd V
- Berkner, Lloyd V. (Lloyd Viel), 1905-
- Berkner, Lloyd V. (Lloyd Viel), 1905-1967
- Berkner, Lloyd V. (Lloyd Viel), 1905-1967
- 1900-1999
- Cold War
- Scientists -- United States -- Biography
- Scientists in government -- United States
- Research -- Political aspects -- United States
- Science and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Research -- politics
- Science -- politics
- Politics -- history
- Government -- history
- Guerre froide
- Politics and government
- Research -- Political aspects
- Science and state
- Scientists
- Scientists in government
- Koude Oorlog
- Wetenschapsbeoefenaars
- Politieke geschiedenis
- Biografias
- Cientistas
- Cold War
- Scientists in government -- United States
- Scientists -- United States -- Biography
- Science and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Research -- Political aspects -- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961
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- Q127.U6 N44 2000
- 02.01
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Published in association with the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-385) and index.
Radio, Aviation, and the Origins of a Technocratic Vision -- Mr. Berkner in Washington -- Radio Science and World War II -- Science and Post-war Defense: 1945-49 -- Extending the Partnership: Applying Technocratic Ideas Outside of the Military -- Scientists, Project Troy, and the Direction of Cold War Strategic Planning -- Career Choices and the Korean War Panic of 1950 -- Continental Defense, Secrecy, and the Scientist's Role in National Security Planning -- Stretching the Coalition: Scientists and the Distant Early Warning Line -- Expanding Federal Support of Private Research: The Case of Radio Astronomy -- Berkner and the IGY -- IGY Satellites and the Launch of Sputnik -- Horizons or Limits.
"Lloyd V. Berkner's role as a broker between the American scientific community and, for example, the U.S. military, the Department of State, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is presented in the context of his personal and professional development and his enduring convictions about science and the social utility of its methods."--Back cover.