Been reading the new volume of Osiris, now a free bonus with the HSS membership/ISIS subscription; titled Global Power Knowledge: Science and Technology in International Affairs, editors John Krige and Kai-Henrik Barth have drawn together papers that address the fact that, as they state in the introduction, science and technology “play a significant role in international affairs”, but historians of S&T have been reluctant “to situate their studies in a broader historical context or to build bridges with opther disciplines (and vice versa).” (3-4).
Be that as it may, the papers I’ve consulted so far open up interesting views, not the least for me, finishing, as I am, papers on Swedish solar physics in an IGY context and the organization of food science (for an anthology on the welfare & warfare theme in Swedish history of S&T).
Anyway, here I sit reading John Krige’s paper on Atoms for peace and I stretch for my Powerbook to check out what’s on archive.org and, of course, there shows up six movies on the subject.
Next time I lecture on the cold war and science, some of these films will end up on the course blog.
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