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From The Stars To The Headlines: The Propaganda Of Yuri Gagarin, Peyton Edelbrock
From The Stars To The Headlines: The Propaganda Of Yuri Gagarin, Peyton Edelbrock
The Purdue Historian
There were no haphazard decisions made by the Soviet Union when it came to choosing the first man to be sent to space. Months of training, careful planning, and well-hidden secrets eventually led to the decision of Yuri Gagarin. This led to the mass production of propaganda to spread, from Yuri Gagarin touring around the world to music being written about him, all centered around his trip to space and Soviet excellency. This propaganda still stands today in Russia, and its God-like idolization of cosmonauts is forever present.
A Reciprocal Reaction: The Ussr Chemical Weapons Program And Its Influence On Soviet Society Through Three Civilian Groups, Yun Zhang
Honors Theses
Since its first mass application in 1915, chemical weapons (CW) have tolled thousands of lives both on and off the battle field. The USSR, despite its weak industrial basis and a late-starter in the field of chemical weaponry, held the largest stockpile of CW by the conclusion of the twentieth century. While the military and political implications of the USSR CW stockpiles have been relatively well-studied, its domestic and internal effect also deserve thorough investigations. Through diaries, letters, and memoirs of the USSR civilians who had suffered from, worked for, and/or supported the CW program, this research looked into the …
The Power Of Fission: How The Discovery Of Fission Adversely Affected Us/Soviet Relations, Kathy Shinnick
The Power Of Fission: How The Discovery Of Fission Adversely Affected Us/Soviet Relations, Kathy Shinnick
Graduate History Conference, UMass Boston
In 1940 FDR told the leading Western scientists that they were not responsible for the way science was being used to perpetuate oppressive world domination. He went on to convince them that while they could not trust Hitler to use their knowledge towards positive means, they could trust the United States to forward the values of world peace.
In light of the events that followed from that speech in 1940 to the dropping of the atomic bomb in 1945, without informing the Soviet Union, this pivotal moment insights a series of questions concerning the ways in which the United States’ …
Totalitarian Science And Technology, Paul R. Josephson
Totalitarian Science And Technology, Paul R. Josephson
Faculty Books
In Totalitarian Science and Technology Paul Josephson considers how physicists, biologists, and engineers have fared in totalitarian regimes. Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin relied on scientists and engineers to build the infrastructure of their states. The military power of their regimes was largely based on the discovery of physicists and biologists. They sought to use biology to transform nature, including their citizens, with murderous effect in Nazi Germany. They expected scientists to devote themselves entirely to the goals of the state, and were intolerant of deviation from state-sponsored programs and ideology. As a result, physicists, biologists, and engineers suffered from …
[Review] Kolmogórov. El Zar Del Azar. Carlos Sánchez Fernández, Concepción Valdés Castro (2003), Enrique Wulff
[Review] Kolmogórov. El Zar Del Azar. Carlos Sánchez Fernández, Concepción Valdés Castro (2003), Enrique Wulff
Enrique Wulff
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New Atlantis Revisited: Akademgorodok, The Siberian City Of Science, Paul R. Josephson
New Atlantis Revisited: Akademgorodok, The Siberian City Of Science, Paul R. Josephson
Faculty Books
In 1958 construction began on Akademgorodok, a scientific utopian community modeled after Francis Bacon's vision of a "New Atlantis." The city, carved out of a Siberian forest 2,500 miles east of Moscow, was formed by Soviet scientists with Khrushchev's full support. They believed that their rational science, liberated from ideological and economic constraints, would help their country surpass the West in all fields. In a lively history of this city, a symbol of de-Stalinization, Paul Josephson offers the most complete analysis available of the reasons behind the successes and failures of Soviet science--from advances in nuclear physics to politically induced …
Ariel - Volume 10 Number 3, Lenny Nasca, Sue Kucirka, Ellen Feldman, James O'Brien, Chris Donnelly, John Guardiani, Edward G. Zurad, Paul Jurkowski, Robert P. Hinks, Thomas Wargovich, John C. Gardner, Albert W. Gillespy, Stuart Singer, Eli R. Saleby, Mary White, Ron Setzkorn, Jeff Metz, George F. Smith
Ariel - Volume 10 Number 3, Lenny Nasca, Sue Kucirka, Ellen Feldman, James O'Brien, Chris Donnelly, John Guardiani, Edward G. Zurad, Paul Jurkowski, Robert P. Hinks, Thomas Wargovich, John C. Gardner, Albert W. Gillespy, Stuart Singer, Eli R. Saleby, Mary White, Ron Setzkorn, Jeff Metz, George F. Smith
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