Edward Condon's Cooperative Vision Science, Industry, and Innovation in Modern America |
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| Author:
| Lassman, Thomas C. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8229-4534-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2018 |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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Edward Condon's Cooperative Vision combines biographical and institutional history. Lassman examines the professional career of theoretical physicist Edward Condon at Princeton University, Pittsburgh's Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, and the National Bureau of Standards to illuminate contested visions of the usefulness of science that played out during The Great Depression, the Second World War, and the early Cold War.
Edward Condon's Cooperative Vision combines biographical and institutional history. Lassman examines the professional career of theoretical physicist Edward Condon at Princeton University, Pittsburgh's Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, and the National Bureau of Standards to illuminate contested visions of the usefulness of science that played out during The Great Depression, the Second World War, and the early Cold War.