Science and the State during the Cold War: Blurred Boundaries and a Contested Legacy

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-170

  Solovey, Mark ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84992806327     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312701031002002     Document Type: Editorial

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