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In Sputnik's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America / / Zuoyue Wang
In Sputnik's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America / / Zuoyue Wang
Autore Wang Zuoyue <1963->
Pubbl/distr/stampa New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (478 p.)
Disciplina 338.973/0609045
Soggetto topico Science and state - United States - History - 20th century
Sputnik satellites
Cold War
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-281-77645-9
9786611776459
0-8135-4514-5
Classificazione MK 2300
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Note to the Reader -- Abbreviations Used in Text -- Introduction -- Part I. Prelude: Before Sputnik -- 1. American Public Science, 1863-1945 -- 2. The Origins of Technological Skepticism, 1945-1950 -- 3. Mobilizing Science for the Korean War under Truman, 1950-1952 -- 4. Science and the National Security State under Eisenhower, 1952-1957 -- Part II. Ike, Sputnik, and the Rise of PSAC -- 5. Eisenhower, Sputnik, and the Creation of PSAC, 1957 -- 6. PSAC and the Launching of NASA, 1957-1960 -- 7. Military Technology, 1957-1960 -- 8. The Search for a Nuclear Test Ban, 1957-1960 -- 9. The Politics of Big Science, 1957-1960 -- 10. The Control of Science Policy under Eisenhower, 1957-1960 -- Part III. The Politics of Technological Skepticism -- 11. Science at the New Frontier under Kennedy, 1960-1963 -- 12. Responding to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, 1962-1963 -- 13. Testing the Limits, 1961-1963 -- 14. "Scientists for Johnson," 1964 -- 15. PSAC, the Vietnam War, and the ABM Debate, 1964-1968 -- 16. The Politics of Technological Dissent under Nixon, 1969-1973 -- Epilogue -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Record Nr. UNINA-9910453571703321
Wang Zuoyue <1963->  
New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008
Materiale a stampa
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In Sputnik's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America / / Zuoyue Wang
In Sputnik's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America / / Zuoyue Wang
Autore Wang Zuoyue <1963->
Pubbl/distr/stampa New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (478 p.)
Disciplina 338.973/0609045
Soggetto topico Science and state - United States - History - 20th century
Sputnik satellites
Cold War
ISBN 1-281-77645-9
9786611776459
0-8135-4514-5
Classificazione MK 2300
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Note to the Reader -- Abbreviations Used in Text -- Introduction -- Part I. Prelude: Before Sputnik -- 1. American Public Science, 1863-1945 -- 2. The Origins of Technological Skepticism, 1945-1950 -- 3. Mobilizing Science for the Korean War under Truman, 1950-1952 -- 4. Science and the National Security State under Eisenhower, 1952-1957 -- Part II. Ike, Sputnik, and the Rise of PSAC -- 5. Eisenhower, Sputnik, and the Creation of PSAC, 1957 -- 6. PSAC and the Launching of NASA, 1957-1960 -- 7. Military Technology, 1957-1960 -- 8. The Search for a Nuclear Test Ban, 1957-1960 -- 9. The Politics of Big Science, 1957-1960 -- 10. The Control of Science Policy under Eisenhower, 1957-1960 -- Part III. The Politics of Technological Skepticism -- 11. Science at the New Frontier under Kennedy, 1960-1963 -- 12. Responding to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, 1962-1963 -- 13. Testing the Limits, 1961-1963 -- 14. "Scientists for Johnson," 1964 -- 15. PSAC, the Vietnam War, and the ABM Debate, 1964-1968 -- 16. The Politics of Technological Dissent under Nixon, 1969-1973 -- Epilogue -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Record Nr. UNINA-9910782369303321
Wang Zuoyue <1963->  
New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008
Materiale a stampa
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In Sputnik's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America / / Zuoyue Wang
In Sputnik's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America / / Zuoyue Wang
Autore Wang Zuoyue <1963->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (478 p.)
Disciplina 338.973/0609045
Soggetto topico Science and state - United States - History - 20th century
Sputnik satellites
Cold War
ISBN 1-281-77645-9
9786611776459
0-8135-4514-5
Classificazione MK 2300
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Note to the Reader -- Abbreviations Used in Text -- Introduction -- Part I. Prelude: Before Sputnik -- 1. American Public Science, 1863-1945 -- 2. The Origins of Technological Skepticism, 1945-1950 -- 3. Mobilizing Science for the Korean War under Truman, 1950-1952 -- 4. Science and the National Security State under Eisenhower, 1952-1957 -- Part II. Ike, Sputnik, and the Rise of PSAC -- 5. Eisenhower, Sputnik, and the Creation of PSAC, 1957 -- 6. PSAC and the Launching of NASA, 1957-1960 -- 7. Military Technology, 1957-1960 -- 8. The Search for a Nuclear Test Ban, 1957-1960 -- 9. The Politics of Big Science, 1957-1960 -- 10. The Control of Science Policy under Eisenhower, 1957-1960 -- Part III. The Politics of Technological Skepticism -- 11. Science at the New Frontier under Kennedy, 1960-1963 -- 12. Responding to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, 1962-1963 -- 13. Testing the Limits, 1961-1963 -- 14. "Scientists for Johnson," 1964 -- 15. PSAC, the Vietnam War, and the ABM Debate, 1964-1968 -- 16. The Politics of Technological Dissent under Nixon, 1969-1973 -- Epilogue -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Record Nr. UNINA-9910819567903321
Wang Zuoyue <1963->  
New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008
Materiale a stampa
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Orbital data and preliminary analyses of Satellites 1957 Alpha and 1957 Beta / / compiled by F.L. Whipple, L.G. Boyd, J.A. Hynek, and G.F. Shilling
Orbital data and preliminary analyses of Satellites 1957 Alpha and 1957 Beta / / compiled by F.L. Whipple, L.G. Boyd, J.A. Hynek, and G.F. Shilling
Autore Whipple Fred L (Fred Lawrence), <1906-2004, >
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C. : , : Smithsonian Institution, , 1958
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (vii pages, pages 189-347) : illustrations, map
Collana Smithsonian contributions to astrophysics
Soggetto topico Sputnik satellites
Artificial satellites - Soviet Union - Tracking
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910709677603321
Whipple Fred L (Fred Lawrence), <1906-2004, >  
Washington, D.C. : , : Smithsonian Institution, , 1958
Materiale a stampa
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