In Sputnik's Shadow traces the rise and fall of the President's Science Advisory Committee from its ascendance under Eisenhower to its demise during the Nixon years. Zuoyue Wang examines key turning points during the twentieth century and brings new insights to the intellectual, social, and cultural histories of the era.
In Sputnik's Shadow traces the rise and fall of the President's Science Advisory Committee from its ascendance under Eisenhower to its demise during the Nixon years. Zuoyue Wang examines key turning points during the twentieth century and brings new insights to the intellectual, social, and cultural histories of the era.
American public science 1863-1945 The origins of technological skepticism 1945-1950 Mobilizing science for the Korean War under Truman 1950-1952 Science and the national security state under Eisenhower 1952-1957 Eisenhower Sputnik and the creation of PSAC 1957 PSAC and the launching of NASA 1957-1960 Military technology 1957-1960 The search for a nuclear test ban 1957-1960 The politics of big science 1957-1960 The control of science policy under Eisenhower 1957-1960 Science at the new frontier under Kennedy 1960-1963 Responding to Rachel Carson's Silent spring 1962-1963 Testing the limits 1961-1963 "Scientists for Johnson " 1964 PSAC the Vietnam War and the ABM debate 1964-1968 The politics of technological dissent under Nixon 1969-1973
American public science 1863-1945 The origins of technological skepticism 1945-1950 Mobilizing science for the Korean War under Truman 1950-1952 Science and the national security state under Eisenhower 1952-1957 Eisenhower Sputnik and the creation of PSAC 1957 PSAC and the launching of NASA 1957-1960 Military technology 1957-1960 The search for a nuclear test ban 1957-1960 The politics of big science 1957-1960 The control of science policy under Eisenhower 1957-1960 Science at the new frontier under Kennedy 1960-1963 Responding to Rachel Carson's Silent spring 1962-1963 Testing the limits 1961-1963 "Scientists for Johnson " 1964 PSAC the Vietnam War and the ABM debate 1964-1968 The politics of technological dissent under Nixon 1969-1973
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