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050		4	_aQC794.98.B325 2009
100	1		_aBadash, Lawrence.
245	1	2	_aA Nuclear Winter's Tale : _bScience and Politics in The 1980s.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bMIT Press, _c2009.
264		4	_c©2009.
300			_a1 online resource (422 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aTransformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology Series
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Preface -- I Background -- 1 Nuclear Peril -- 2 Scientific Disciplines in Isolation, 1: Those with Obvious Connections to Nuclear War -- 3 Scientific Disciplines in Isolation, 2: Those with Less Obvious Connections to Nuclear War -- II Science, Politics, and Carl Sagan: Through 1983 -- 4 The Origin of Nuclear Winter -- 5 Publicity -- 6 Concern about the Good Name of Science -- 7 Politics and the Arms Race -- 8 Policy and the Arms Race -- III A Cold Day in Hell: Activities and Antagonisms, 1984-85 -- 9 More Publicity -- 10 Inside the Beltway, 1984 -- 11 Bureaucracy and Bickering -- 12 Inside the Beltway, 1985 -- 13 A Frenzy of Research -- 14 Report after Report -- 15 Looking at Moscow -- 16 Strategic Analyses -- 17 More Policy Questions -- 18 Other Voices, and Some Echoes -- IV Smoldering Issues: 1986 and Afterward -- 19 Scientific Progress and Controversy -- 20 Politics and Policy -- 21 Evaluation -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.
520			_aThe rise and fall of the concept of nuclear winter, played out in research activity, public relations, and Reagan-era politics.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aRadioactivity -- History -- 20th century.
650		0	_aClimatic changes -- History -- 20th century.
650		0	_aScience -- History -- 20th century.
650		0	_aScience and state -- History -- 20th century.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBadash, Lawrence _tA Nuclear Winter's Tale _dCambridge : MIT Press,c2009 _z9780262012720
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aTransformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3339054 _zClick to View
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