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The Jasons: The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite.
de Finkbeiner, Ann
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- ISBN 10
- 0670034894
- ISBN 13
- 9780670034895
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Viking / Penguin Group, 2006. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in very good dustjacket), light foxing edges, slight bump top corners covers, remainder stripe bottom edge. 304 pp. This is the first inside look at the 'Jasons', a self-selected elite group of scientists, post World War 2 (WW2), who solve highly classified problems for the United States government, most often for the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. Ann Finkbeiner has written an intriguing and explosive account of what happens when science meets politics in the Cold War era.
Sinopsis
The Jasons are a well-guarded group of world-class scientists, briefly outed in the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, who have been meeting every summer since 1960 to tackle classified problems that the Defense Department cannot solve. Among many stunning innovations, they helped invent our electronic battlefield and Star Wars missile defense technology, and are now looking into ways to improve our intelligence gathering. Recounting the unknown story of these brilliant, stubbornly independent thinkers, Ann Finkbeiner takes advantage of her unprecedented access to this elite group to explore the uncertain bargains between science and politics. It is a story older than Faust and as timely as tomorrow’s headlines.
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- Bookhome Sydney
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- Título
- The Jasons: The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite.
- Autor
- Finkbeiner, Ann
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0670034894
- ISBN 13
- 9780670034895
- Editorial
- Viking / Penguin Group
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2006
- Palabras clave
- biography, science, scientists, research, government, espionage, spying, united states
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Annandale, New South Wales
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