1st Edition

Science, Politics and the Cold War

By Greta Jones Copyright 1988
164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1988, Science, Politics and the Cold War is a history of the cold-war era that demonstrates the extent to which science and scientists have been implicated in every aspect of the political process. The book discusses how politically aware scientists involved themselves in controversies relating to atomic technology and genetics, and how the science world became a... Read more

Introduction  1. Between the Wars  2. Proletarian and Bourgeois Science  3. Into Two Camps  4. Race: A New Beginning  5. The Arms Race and the Scientists  6. Towards a Nuclear-free World  7. The New Right  8. Conclusion 

Biography

Greta Jones is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Ulster, UK.