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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: B. Adams, Mark,; Balzer, Harley,; Clark, Katerina,; Frederick Starr, S.,; Goodman, Seymour,; J. Allyn, Bruce,; Kuchment, Mark,; Nisbet, Peter,; R. Graham, Loren,; R. Josephson, Paul,; R. Weiner, Douglas,; Stites, Richard,; Т. De George, Richard,
• HerausgeberIn: Graham, Loren R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (443 p.) :; Illustrated

Table of 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