The physicists : a history of a scientific community in modern America / Daniel J. Kevles.
By: Kevles, Daniel J.
Material type: BookPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 1987Description: xv, 489 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0674666550.Subject(s): Physics -- United States -- History | Physicists -- United States | Science -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 530.0973Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 530.0973 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00057159 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The many wants of science -- Ennobling and purifying the mind -- The flaws of American physics -- Pure science and practical politics -- Research and reform -- Joining the revolution -- A need for new patrons -- "War should mean research" -- The war work of the physicists -- Cold war in science -- The impact of quantum mechanics -- Popularization and conservatism -- Making the peaks higher -- A new center of physics -- Miraculous year -- Revolt against science -- The new deal and research -- Recovery in physics -- Organizing for defense -- A physicists' war -- The bomb and postwar research policy -- Victory for elitism -- The physicists established -- New revolt against science -- A degree of disestablishment.