Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Victor Y A Frenkel on Yakov Ilich Frenkel - David Hounshell - Daniel J. Kevles - David Munns - Spencer R. Weart
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(1997)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1997 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 175 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1997 Contents, Chapitres : Victor Y A Frenkel : Yakov Ilich Frenkel : Sketches toward a civic portrait - David Hounshell : The Cold War, RAND, and the generation of knowledge, 1946-1962 - Daniel J. Kevles : Big Science and big politics in the United States : Reflections on the death of the SSC and the life of the Human Genome Project - David Munns : Linear accelerators, radio astronomy, and Australia's search for International prestige, 1944-1948 - Spencer R. Weart : Global warming, Cold War, and the evolution of research plans few small foxings on the wrappers, else near fine copy, no markings - pages 198 to 372