Suffering made real: american science and the survivors at hiroshima
Auteur :
Lindee, M. Susan
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226482385
Date de publication :
27 sept. 1997
Dimensions :
2,3 x 1,6 x 0,2 cm
Poids :
482 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
A study of the first attempts to understand how radiation affected the survivors of the atomic bomb and subsequent generations of Japanese, this book argues that Cold War politics and cultural values shaped this research. Using varied sources, it examines how US science was socially constructed.