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Science and the Soviet Social Order / ed. by Loren R. Graham.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©1990Edition: Reprint 2014Description: 1 online resource (443 p.) : IllustratedContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674592551
  • 9780674592568
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Impact of Science and Technology on Soviet Politics and Society -- PART ONE. Communications and Computers -- 1. New Communications Technologies and Civil Society -- 2. Information Technologies and the Citizen: Toward a “Soviet-Style Information Society”? -- PART TWO. Biology -- 3. Prometheus Rechained: Ecology and Conservation -- 4. The Soviet Nature-Nurture Debate -- PART THREE. Engineering and Big Technology -- 5. Engineers: The Rise and Decline of a Social Myth -- 6. Rockets, Reactors, and Soviet Culture -- PART FOUR. Philosophy of Science and Technology -- 7. Biomedical Ethics -- 8. Fact, Value, and Science -- PART FIVE. Literature and Art -- 9. The Changing Image of Science and Technology in Soviet Literature -- 10. World Outlook and Inner Fears in Soviet Science Fiction -- 11. Bridging the Two Cultures: The Emergence of Scientific Prose -- 12. The Response to Science and Technology in the Visual Arts -- Notes Contributors Index -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674592568

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Impact of Science and Technology on Soviet Politics and Society -- PART ONE. Communications and Computers -- 1. New Communications Technologies and Civil Society -- 2. Information Technologies and the Citizen: Toward a “Soviet-Style Information Society”? -- PART TWO. Biology -- 3. Prometheus Rechained: Ecology and Conservation -- 4. The Soviet Nature-Nurture Debate -- PART THREE. Engineering and Big Technology -- 5. Engineers: The Rise and Decline of a Social Myth -- 6. Rockets, Reactors, and Soviet Culture -- PART FOUR. Philosophy of Science and Technology -- 7. Biomedical Ethics -- 8. Fact, Value, and Science -- PART FIVE. Literature and Art -- 9. The Changing Image of Science and Technology in Soviet Literature -- 10. World Outlook and Inner Fears in Soviet Science Fiction -- 11. Bridging the Two Cultures: The Emergence of Scientific Prose -- 12. The Response to Science and Technology in the Visual Arts -- Notes Contributors Index -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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