03346nam 2200613Ia 450 991081050470332120200520144314.00-8014-5838-2(CKB)2670000000080985(OCoLC)726824229(CaPaEBR)ebrary10457591(SSID)ssj0000485842(PQKBManifestationID)11325633(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485842(PQKBWorkID)10423711(PQKB)10597755(MiAaPQ)EBC3137970(MdBmJHUP)muse28713(Au-PeEL)EBL3137970(CaPaEBR)ebr10457591(EXLCZ)99267000000008098520090220d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMeeting the demands of reason the life and thought of Andrei Sakharov /Jay Bergman1st ed.Ithaca Cornell University Press20091 online resource (480 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8014-4731-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-444) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Earliest Infl uences: 1921-1945 -- 1 A Childhood of Culture and Ideas -- 2 Expanding Horizons -- Designing Weapons for the Maintenance of Peace: 1945 - 1956 -- 3 Tamm's Protégé at FIAN -- 4 Arzamas-16-The Secret Installation -- 5 The "Layer Cake" and Other Weapons -- A Scientist with a Social Conscience: 1956 - 1968 -- 6 Radioactive Fallout and Other Matters of Conscience -- 7 Confronting Khrushchev -- 8 The Nuzhdin Affair -- 9 A Dissident at Last -- Challenging the Soviet Goliath: 1968-1973 -- 10 Reflections on Progress, Coexistence, and Intellectual Freedom -- 11 An Equal Partner in Politics and Life -- 12 Moral Anchor of a Dissident Movement -- 13 The Regime Reacts -- "Domestic Enemy Number One": 1973 - 980 -- 14 Orchestrated Vituperation -- 15 Debating Solzhenitsyn -- 16 Détente and Human Rights -- 17 Nobel Laureate -- 18 The Noose Tightens -- In Exile, Unrepentant: 1980 - 1986 -- 19 Arrested but Still Defiant -- 20 Finding Hope in Quantum Physics -- 21 The Soviet Leadership Softens -- The Conscience of Perestroika: 1986 - 1989 -- 22 Return to Moscow -- 23 A Different Kind of Perestroika -- 24 The Congress of People's Deputies -- 25 Apotheosis Postmortem -- Conclusion Sakharov's Legacy -- Bibliography -- Index.A comprehensive account of Sakharov's life and intellectual development, focusing on his political thought and the effect his ideas had on Soviet society.DissentersSoviet UnionBiographyPhysicistsSoviet UnionBiographyPolitical prisonersSoviet UnionBiographyHuman rights workersSoviet UnionBiographySoviet UnionPolitics and government1953-1985DissentersPhysicistsPolitical prisonersHuman rights workers947.084092Bergman Jay1706928MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810504703321Meeting the demands of reason4094736UNINA