Hiroshi Ichikawa

Soviet Science and Engineering in the Shadow of the Cold War

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ichikawa analyses the complicated interactions among various factors, including the indigenous contradictions in the historical development of science in the Soviet Union; conflicts among the related interest groups; relationships with the political leadership and the military, the role of ideology; and others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9780367585228
• ISBN-10: 0367585227
• Artikelnr.: 74269626

Autorenporträt

Hiroshi Ichikawa is Professor of the History of Science and Technology in the Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences at Hiroshima University, Japan

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
PART.I. What Drove the Scientists to the Cold War?: In the Case of
Physicists.
Chapter 1: "Jealousy" and "Discord:" The Conflicts among Physicists during
the War.
Chapter 2. "Ideology" or "Harassment"? : "The Physics Conference" Unopened.
PART II, Some Aspects of the Soviet Cold War Research and Developments.
Chapter 3. "Foresight" or "Survival"? : Rocket Development and the Ministry
of Armament
Chapter 4. Plunder of Technology: Jet Plane Development and German
Technology
Chapter 5. "Concealed Rivalry": The Early Days of Computer Development.
PART III. "Hope" and "Anxiety:" Soviet Science at the Dawn of the Nuclear
Age.
Chapter 6, Obninsk, 1955: The World's First Nuclear Power Plant and "The
Atomic Diplomacy" by Soviet Scientists.
Chapter 7. "A Double-edged Sword:" Radiation Studies and the Normalization
of Biological Sciences.
Chapter 8. Anna Vasil'evna Kozlova (1906-19080): The Fate of the Data on
the Casualties of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Bikini.
Conclusion
Index