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Cold War science: a standalone construct

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History of science

how Cold War defense funding and national security needs shaped the direction of American physical research.

In history of science, Cold War science refers to how Cold War defense funding and national security needs shaped the direction of American physical research. This meaning comes from Forman (1987) in Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences.[1]

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  1. Forman, P. (1987). Behind Quantum Electronics: National Security as Basis for Physical Research in the United States, 1940-1960. Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences, 18(1), 149-229. https://doi.org/10.2307/27757599

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