1st Edition
Soviet Science and Engineering in the Shadow of the Cold War
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
Biography
Hiroshi Ichikawa is Professor of the History of Science and Technology in the Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences at Hiroshima University, Japan
