The Pumpkin or the Tiger? Michael Polanyi, Frederick Soddy, and Anticipating Emerging Technologies

Minerva

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-379

  Guston, David H ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipatory governance; Atomic bomb; Emerging technologies; Frederick Soddy; H.G. Wells; Leo Szilard; Michael Polanyi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866762107     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-012-9204-8     Document Type: Article

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