Science and Technology in the Global Cold War

Book Overview

Investigations of how the global Cold War shaped national scientific and technological practices in fields from biomedicine to rocket science.

The Cold War period saw a dramatic expansion of state-funded science and technology research. Government and military patronage shaped Cold War technoscientific practices, imposing methods that were project oriented, team based, and subject to national-security restrictions. These changes affected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262526530
• ISBN13: 9780262526531
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher