<i>The Physicists: The History of a Scientific Community in Modern America</i>

Kevles, Daniel J.; Pyenson, Lewis

doi:10.1063/1.2994969

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“…It was a time in which public opinion support of the increasing budgets of physics, typical of Cold War times in the 1950s, declined. (59) Physicists tried to accommodate themselves to the new context. Physicists from high energies, for instance, changed their discourse on the importance of their field from its value to national defense and the scientific race to the cultural value of their subjects.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Historical Roots of ‘‘Foundations of Quantum Physics’’ as a Field of Research (1950–1970)

Freire¹

2004

Found Phys

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The Historical Roots of ‘‘Foundations of Quantum Physics’’ as a Field of Research (1950–1970)

Freire¹

2004

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“…Physicists were most successful in mobilizing these different interests and translating them into massive support for physical science research. 95 CERN and ESRO / ELDO are just two examples refl ecting these changing science and technology policy priorities in the cold war. Until the 1960s, there were no events comparable to Hiroshima or Sputnik that reoriented the national scientifi c priorities in favor of the life sciences.…”

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The Coproduction of Neutral Science and Neutral State in Cold War Europe: Switzerland and International Scientific Cooperation, 1951–69

Strasser¹

2009

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Neither science nor state has ever been transcendentally "neutral," but they have sometimes been made neutral, together, as this paper shows in the context of cold war Europe. The paper explores how the Swiss government tried to "depoliticize" and "demilitarize" new international research institutions in the fi elds of highenergy physics (CERN), space research (ESRO and ELDO), and molecular biology (EMBL) in order to make science neutral. Conversely, this paper investigates how participation in "neutralized" scientifi c institutions supported Switzerland's neutrality policy and strengthened this essential element of its national identity. It thus addresses symmetrically the coproduction of neutral science and neutral state.

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“…[1][2][3][4] Primary among them are the project's continuing cost overruns, its lack of significant foreign contributions, and the end of the Cold War. But recent research and documents that have come to light have led me to an important new conclusion: The project was just too large and too expensive to have been pursued primarily by a single nation, however wealthy and powerful.…”

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