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Suffering Made Real
American Science and the Survivors at Hiroshima
Häftad, 1997
359 kr
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The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 unleashed a force as mysterious as it was deadly - radioactivity. In 1946, the United States government created the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) to serve as a permanent agency in Japan with the official mission of …
Suffering Made Real
American Science and the Survivors at Hiroshima
E-bok, 2008
781 kr
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The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 unleashed a force as mysterious as it was deadly—radioactivity. In 1946, the United States government created the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) to serve as a permanent agency in Japan with the official mission of studying …
DNA Mystique
The Gene as a Cultural Icon
Av M. Susan Lindee, Dorothy Nelkin
E-bok, 2010
631 kr
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The DNA Mystique suggests that the gene in popular culture draws on scientific ideas but is not constrained by the technical definition of the gene as a section of DNA that codes for a protein. In highlighting DNA as it appears in soap operas, comic books, advertising, and other expressions of mass …
DNA Mystique
The Gene as a Cultural Icon
Av Dorothy Nelkin, M. Susan Lindee
Häftad, 2004
370 kr
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The DNA Mystique suggests that the gene in popular culture draws on scientific ideas but is not constrained by the technical definition of the gene as a section of DNA that codes for a protein. In highlighting DNA as it appears in soap operas, comic books, advertising, and other expressions of mass …
Genetic Nature/Culture
Anthropology and Science beyond the Two-Culture Divide
Av Alan H. Goodman, Deborah Heath m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
306 kr
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The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious--or more fraught with paradox--than in the burgeoning realm of genetics. A constructive response, and a welcome intervention, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to …
Genetic Nature/Culture
Anthropology and Science beyond the Two-Culture Divide
Av M. Susan Lindee, Prof. Deborah Heath m. fl.
E-bok, 2003
520 kr
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The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious—or more fraught with paradox—than in the burgeoning realm of genetics. A constructive response, and a welcome intervention, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to …
Rational Fog
Science and Technology in Modern War
Inbunden, 2020
479 kr
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A thought-provoking examination of the intersections of knowledge and violence, and the quandaries and costs of modern, technoscientific warfare.Science and violence converge in modern warfare. While the finest minds of the twentieth century have improved human life, they have also produced human …
Moments of Truth in Genetic Medicine
Inbunden, 2005
609 kr
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Genetic research increasingly dominates medical thought and practice in the United States and in many other industrialized nations. Susan Lindee's original study explores the institutions, disciplines, and ideas that initiated the reconfiguration of genetic medicine from a marginal field in the …
Moments of Truth in Genetic Medicine
Häftad, 2009
468 kr
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Genetic research increasingly dominates medical thought and practice in the United States and in many other industrialized nations. Susan Lindee's original study explores the institutions, disciplines, and ideas that initiated the reconfiguration of genetic medicine from a marginal field in the …
Negotiating Radiation Protection in the Nuclear Age
Histories of Exposure and Expertise
Av Maria Rentetzi, Angela N. H. Creager m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1686 kr
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The development of nuclear technologies for war, medicine, and energy production dramatically increased the number of people exposed to artificial radioactivity and raised new stakes and questions about protecting them. This volume examines how the establishment of standards and protocols for …
Negotiating Radiation Protection in the Nuclear Age
Av Maria Rentetzi, Angela N. H. Creager m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
506 kr
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The development of nuclear technologies for war, medicine, and energy production dramatically increased the number of people exposed to artificial radioactivity and raised new stakes and questions about protecting them. This volume examines how the establishment of standards and protocols for …
Suffering Made Real
American Science and the Survivors at Hiroshima
Inbunden, 1994
571 kr
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The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945, unleashed a force as mysterious as it was deadly. In 1946, the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC), under the auspices of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), was formed as a permanent American agency in Japan with the official …
