Chapter ID: CBB000047172

Scientists and the state: The legacy of World War II (1994)

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Fortun, Michael A. (Author)
Schweber, Silvan Sam (Author)


Pages: 327-354
Publication date: 1994


Description On the contribution of British and American physicists to the development of operations research and systems engineering.


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Book Gavroglu, Kostas; Christianidis, Jean; Nicolaidis, Efthymios (1994) Trends in the historiography of science. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Adams, R. J. Q.
Burcham, W. E.
Cantor, David
DeMars, Tracy J.
Hall, Lesley A.
Hewitt, Rachel
Journals
Society for the Social History of Medicine Bulletin
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
London Journal
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Publishers
Ohio State University
University of Toronto
Indiana University
West Virginia University
New York University
Ashgate
Concepts
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Cartography
Eugenics
Military technology
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Mothers and children
People
Lewes, George Henry
Time Periods
20th century
18th century
19th century
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Places
British Isles
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Institutions
Cambridge University
Cavendish Laboratory
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Women's Engineering Society
Society for Freedom in Science
Great Britain. Ministry of Munitions
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