TY  - BOOK
AU  - Needell,Allan A.
ED  - National Air and Space Museum.
TI  - Science, Cold War and the American state: Lloyd V. Berkner and the balance of professional ideals
T2  - Studies in the history of science, technology and medicine
SN  - 9057026228
AV  - Q127.U6 N44 2000
U1  - 509.7309045 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Amsterdam, Abingdon
PB  - Harwood Academic, Marston
KW  - Berkner, Lloyd V.
KW  - Cold War
KW  - Scientists
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Scientists in government
KW  - Research
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Science and state
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - politics
KW  - Science
KW  - Politics
KW  - history
KW  - Government
KW  - Guerre froide
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - fast
KW  - Koude Oorlog
KW  - gtt
KW  - Wetenschapsbeoefenaars
KW  - Politieke geschiedenis
KW  - Biografias
KW  - larpcal
KW  - Cientistas
KW  - nli
KW  - 1953-1961
KW  - collective biographies
KW  - aat
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -