Edward Condon's Cooperative Vision : Science, Industry, and Innovation in Modern America.
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- 9780822986263
- 353.00722
- KF27 .L377 2018
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Rise of a Theoretical Physicist -- Chapter 2. Science in the Steel City -- Chapter 3. Atom Smashing at East Pittsburgh -- Chapter 4. New Products for New Markets -- Chapter 5. Westinghouse at War -- Chapter 6. Cold War in Washington -- Chapter 7. Recessional -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Combining biographical and institutional history, Thomas C. Lassman examines the professional career of theoretical physicist Edward Condon at Princeton University, Pittsburgh's Westinghouse Electric Company and Manufacturing Company, and the National Bureau of Standards to illuminate contested visions of the usefulness of science that played out during The Great Depression, the Second World War, and the early Cold War.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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