Meeting the demands of reason : the life and thought of Andrei Sakharov / / Jay Bergman
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| Autore: |
Bergman Jay
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| Titolo: |
Meeting the demands of reason : the life and thought of Andrei Sakharov / / Jay Bergman
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| Pubblicazione: | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (480 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 947.084092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Dissenters - Soviet Union |
| Physicists - Soviet Union | |
| Political prisoners - Soviet Union | |
| Human rights workers - Soviet Union | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Soviet Union Politics and government 1953-1985 |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-444) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A comprehensive account of Sakharov's life and intellectual development, focusing on his political thought and the effect his ideas had on Soviet society. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Meeting the demands of reason |
| ISBN: | 0-8014-5838-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810504703321 |
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