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 |
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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->
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New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008 | ||
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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->
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New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008 | ||
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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 |
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, >
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Washington, D.C. : , : Smithsonian Institution, , 1958 | ||
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