Date of Award
1959
Document Type
Senior Scholars Paper (Open Access)
Department
Colby College. Government Dept.
Advisor(s)
David G. Bridgman (Tutor)
Second Advisor
Robert L. Terry (Major Advisor & Department Chair)
Third Advisor
Denton W. Crocker (Senior Scholars Committee Chair)
Abstract
The basis for this Senior Scholar paper is the secondary power of atomic energy- its interweaving effects in government policy and in the attitudes of the government and society toward the scientist. Throughout the paper I have presented a picture of the meaning of science, the scientific personality, the changes in science which are linked with social and governmental changes, and the clash of the government with science, as exemplified by the security hearing of the leading atomic scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer. The political aspects of the secondary power of atomic energy are shown directly in the Oppenheimer hearing, while the social aspects appear more subtly in various quotations throughout the paper.
Keywords
Scientists -- History -- 1945-, Science and state -- History -- 1945-, History, Modern -- 1945-1989
Recommended Citation
Ranlett, Mary, "The Changed Position of Scientists in the Atomic Age" (1959). Senior Scholar Papers. Paper 223.https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/seniorscholars/223
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