Sullivan Neil J. The Prometheus Bomb: The Manhattan Project and Government in the Dark 9781612348155

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Автор: Sullivan Neil J.
Название: The Prometheus Bomb: The Manhattan Project and Government in the Dark
ISBN: 9781612348155
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

История Америк

Вторая мировая война

Политика и политический строй

Политическая система и политические процессы

Военные действия и оборона

Ядерное оружие

ISBN-10: 1612348157
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 296
Вес: 0.58 кг.
Дата издания: 01.12.2016
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 23 photographs, 3 illustrations
Размер: 237 x 156 x 28
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: The manhattan project and government in the dark
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: During World War II, the lives of millions of Americans lay precariously in the hands of a few brilliant scientists who raced to develop the first weapon of mass destruction. Elected officials gave the scientists free rein in the Manhattan Project without understanding the complexities and dangers involved in splitting the atom. The Manhattan Project was the first example of a new type of choice for congressmen, presidents, and other government officials: life and death on a national scale. From that moment, our government began fashioning public policy for issues of scientific development, discoveries, and inventions that could secure or threaten our existence and our future. But those same men and women had no training in such fields, did not understand the ramifications of the research, and relied on incomplete information to form potentially life-changing decisions. Through the story of the Manhattan Project, Neil J. Sullivan asks by what criteria the people in charge at the time made such critical decisions. He also ponders how similar judgments are reached today with similar incomprehension from those at the top as our society dives down the potential rabbit hole of bioengineering, nanotechnology, and scientific developments yet to come.
Дополнительное описание: History of the Americas|Second World War

The Prometheus Bomb: The Manhattan Project and Government in the Dark, Sullivan Neil J.