| Title: | In Sputnik's shadow : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America |
| Authors: | Zuoyue Wang |
| Material Type: | book |
| Publisher: | [S.l.] : Rutgers University Press, 2008 |
| ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-0-8135-4331-4 |
| Size: | xix, 454 p. / ill. / 25 cm |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-441) and index. |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | TL789.8.S65 |
| Subjects: | Astronautics and state--United States--History ; Cold War ; Sputnik satellites--History ; United States--Politics and government--1953-1961 ; United States. President's Science Advisory Committee |
| Description: | American public science, 1863-1945 -- The origins of technological skepticism, 1945-1950 -- Mobilizing science for the Korean War under Truman, 1950-1952 -- Science and the national security state under Eisenhower, 1952-1957 -- Eisenhower, Sputnik, and the creation of PSAC, 1957 -- PSAC and the launching of NASA, 1957-1960 -- Military technology, 1957-1960 -- The search for a nuclear test ban, 1957-1960 -- The politics of big science, 1957-1960 -- The control of science policy under Eisenhower, 1957-1960 -- Science at the new frontier under Kennedy, 1960-1963 -- Responding to Rachel Carson's Silent spring, 1962-1963 -- Testing the limits, 1961-1963 -- "Scientists for Johnson," 1964 -- PSAC, the Vietnam War, and the ABM debate, 1964-1968 -- The politics of technological dissent under Nixon, 1969-1973. |
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| Barcode | Call number | Media type | Location | Section | Status | Donated by | Digital Bookplate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 011234 | TL789.8.S65.W36 2008 | Book | ISU Library | Main collection | Available |
