Redefining Science: Scientists, the National Security State, and Nuclear Weapons in Cold War America by Rubinson, Paul
Redefining Science: Scientists, the National Security State, and Nuclear Weapons in Cold War America by Rubinson, Paul

Redefining Science: Scientists, the National Security State, and Nuclear Weapons in Cold War America

The Cold War forced scientists to reconcile their values of internationalism and objectivity with the increasingly militaristic...
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Redefining Science: Scientists, the National Security State, and Nuclear Weapons in Cold War America by Rubinson, Paul

Redefining Science: Scientists, the National Security State, and Nuclear Weapons in Cold War America

$96.41
Redefining Science: Scientists, the National Security State, and Nuclear Weapons in Cold War America by Rubinson, Paul

Redefining Science: Scientists, the National Security State, and Nuclear Weapons in Cold War America

$96.41
Author: Paul Rubinson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Cold War forced scientists to reconcile their values of internationalism and objectivity with the increasingly militaristic uses of scientific knowledge. For decades, antinuclear scientists pursued nuclear disarmament in a variety of ways, from grassroots activism to transnational diplomacy and government science advising. The U.S. government ultimately withstood these efforts, redefining science as a strictly technical endeavor that enhanced national security and deeming science that challenged nuclear weapons on moral grounds emotional and patently unscientific. In response, many activist scientists restricted themselves to purely technical arguments for arms control. When antinuclear protest erupted in the 1980s, grassroots activists had moved beyond scientific and technical arguments for disarmament. Grounding their stance in the idea that nuclear weapons were immoral, they used the emotional arguments that most scientists had abandoned.

Redefining Science shows that the government achieved its Cold War consensus only by active opposition to powerful dissenters and helps explain the current and uneasy relationship between scientists, the public, and government in debates over issues such as security, energy, and climate change.

Author: Paul Rubinson
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 12/27/2016
Pages: 324
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781625342447


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About the Author
Paul Rubinson is assistant professor of history at Bridgewater State University.


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