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Tragedy of American Science
From the Cold War to the Forever Wars
Taschenbuch von Clifford D. Conner
Sprache: Englisch

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A compelling and timely account of the corruption, corporatization, and militarization of science in the United States.

A compelling and timely account of the corruption, corporatization, and militarization of science in the United States.

Über den Autor
Clifford D. Conner taught history of science at the School of Professional Studies, CUNY Graduate Center. He is the author of A People’s History of Science (Bold Type Books, 2005) and biographies of three revolutionaries: Jean Paul Marat, Arthur O’Connor, and Colonel Despard.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Table of Contents
Epigraph
Introduction

PART 1: THE CORPORATIZATION OF AMERICAN SCIENCE
1 The Big Fat Lie
2 The Green Revolution
3 From Green Revolution to Gene Revolution
4 The Tobacco Strategy
5 Fraudulent Pharma
6 Spitting in the Well We Drink From
7 Atoms for Peace?
8 The Academic-Industrial Complex
9 Think Tanks and the Betrayal of Reason
10 The Dismal Science is Certainly Dismal, but is it Science?

PART 2: THE MILITARIZATION OF AMERICAN SCIENCE
11 Science Harnessed to the Chariot of Destruction
12 A-Bombs and H-Bombs
13 Non-nuclear Technologies of Death
14 Bombers, Missiles, and Antimissiles
15 Video-Game War
16 Lethal Autonomy
17 Is Cyberwarfare Really a Thing?
18 American Exceptionalism and the Ultimate Perversion of the Behavioral Sciences

PART 3: HOW WE GOT INTO THIS MESS…
19 The Explosive Birth of Big Science
20 Operation Paperclip: The Nazification of American Science
21 The RAND Corporation: From "Fuck You, Buddy" to Doomsday

PART 4: ...AND THE ONLY WAY OUT
22 Is a Science-For-Human-Needs Possible?

Acknowledgements
Suggestions for Further Reading
Notes

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781642597080
ISBN-10: 1642597082
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Conner, Clifford D.
Hersteller: Haymarket Books
Maße: 140 x 216 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: Clifford D. Conner
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.06.2022
Gewicht: 0,48 kg
Artikel-ID: 120415433
Über den Autor
Clifford D. Conner taught history of science at the School of Professional Studies, CUNY Graduate Center. He is the author of A People’s History of Science (Bold Type Books, 2005) and biographies of three revolutionaries: Jean Paul Marat, Arthur O’Connor, and Colonel Despard.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Table of Contents
Epigraph
Introduction

PART 1: THE CORPORATIZATION OF AMERICAN SCIENCE
1 The Big Fat Lie
2 The Green Revolution
3 From Green Revolution to Gene Revolution
4 The Tobacco Strategy
5 Fraudulent Pharma
6 Spitting in the Well We Drink From
7 Atoms for Peace?
8 The Academic-Industrial Complex
9 Think Tanks and the Betrayal of Reason
10 The Dismal Science is Certainly Dismal, but is it Science?

PART 2: THE MILITARIZATION OF AMERICAN SCIENCE
11 Science Harnessed to the Chariot of Destruction
12 A-Bombs and H-Bombs
13 Non-nuclear Technologies of Death
14 Bombers, Missiles, and Antimissiles
15 Video-Game War
16 Lethal Autonomy
17 Is Cyberwarfare Really a Thing?
18 American Exceptionalism and the Ultimate Perversion of the Behavioral Sciences

PART 3: HOW WE GOT INTO THIS MESS…
19 The Explosive Birth of Big Science
20 Operation Paperclip: The Nazification of American Science
21 The RAND Corporation: From "Fuck You, Buddy" to Doomsday

PART 4: ...AND THE ONLY WAY OUT
22 Is a Science-For-Human-Needs Possible?

Acknowledgements
Suggestions for Further Reading
Notes

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781642597080
ISBN-10: 1642597082
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Conner, Clifford D.
Hersteller: Haymarket Books
Maße: 140 x 216 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: Clifford D. Conner
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.06.2022
Gewicht: 0,48 kg
Artikel-ID: 120415433
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