Cold War Science and the Transatlantic Circulation of Knowledge

Jeroen van Dongen

ISBN 10: 9004264213 / ISBN 13: 9789004264212

Published by Brill, NL, 2015

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Cold War Science and the Transatlantic Circulation of Knowledge delves into how the Cold War, as a global phenomenon, shaped local conditions and decisions for science in light of US-Europe relationships. The articles in this volume, edited by Jeroen van Dongen, show how the western network in which science was circulated and produced was strongly conditioned by the state and its international relations. The workings of secrecy, the consequences of US hegemony and decolonization, and the ambitions of post-war recovery attempts were all mediated through the interference of the state and through its relative position in the network. At the same time, hubristic expectations prefigured in the state's relation to science.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cold War Science and the Transatlantic Circulation of Knowledge
• Publisher: Brill, NL
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004264213
• ISBN 13: 9789004264212
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: Illustrated.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.88W x 2.54H x 24.13D centimeters 15.88 centimeters width by 2.54 centimeters height by 24.13 centimeters depth
• Weight: 603 grams

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Synopsis

Cold War Science and the Transatlantic Circulation of Knowledge delves into how the Cold War, as a global phenomenon, shaped local conditions and decisions for science in light of US-Europe relationships. The articles in this volume, edited by Jeroen van Dongen, show how the western network in which science was circulated and produced was strongly conditioned by the state and its international relations. The workings of secrecy, the consequences of US hegemony and decolonization, and the ambitions of post-war recovery attempts were all mediated through the interference of the state and through its relative position in the network. At the same time, hubristic expectations prefigured in the state’s relation to science.

About the Author

Jeroen van Dongen (Ph.D. 2002, Amsterdam) is Professor of History of Science at the University of Amsterdam. He also teaches at Utrecht University and is the author of Einstein’s Unification (Cambridge UP, 2010).