Transforming American Science

1. Introduction: The Government's Role 2. Wartime Efforts 3. Postwar Realignment and the Office of Naval Research 4. The Atomic Energy Commission 5. The National Science Foundation 6. University Labs, National Labs, and the Culture of Science 7. Science, the Hot War, and the Race to the Hydrogen Bomb 8. Power, Plowshare, and Peaceful Atoms 9. Satellites, Rockets, and Thinking About Space 10. New Frontiers: Training, Research, and Manpower, 1960-1968 11. The Space Race and Natonal Prestige 12. Epilogue

Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.

• História social e cultural
• História do século 20 do pós-guerra, de c 1945 a c 2000
• História da Ciência
• História das Américas
• A Guerra Fria

Young Men;MIT Faculty;West Germany;National Academy;Satellite;Artificial Satellite;Vannevar Bush;World War III;Lee DuBridge;Guided Missiles;Electron Volts;Manhattan Engineering District;Fissionable Material;NSF Budget;Los Alamos;PSAC;Breeder Reactors;Oak Ridge;MIT Student;Military Parity;Long Range Radio Navigation;Lunar Module;Superconducting Super Collider;Southern Research Universities;Russian Nuclear Stockpile