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Fall 2022 Science and Public Policy BC3334 section 001 SCIENCE, STATE POWER, ETHICS SCIENCE, STATE POWER, ETH | |
| Call Number | 00129 |
| Day & Time Location |
W 10:10am-12:00pm To be announced |
| Points | 4 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Timothy J Halpin-Healy |
| Type | SEMINAR |
| Course Description | A comparative study of science in the service of the State in the U.S., the former Soviet Union, Fascist Italy, and Nazi Germany during pivotal periods through the first half of the 20th century. Topics to be covered include the political and moral consequences of policies based upon advances in the natural sciences making possible the development of TNT, nerve gas, uranium fission and hydrogen fusion atomic bombs. Considers the tensions involved in balancing scientific imperatives, patriotic commitment to the nation-state, and universal moral principles and tensions faced by Robert Oppenheimer, Andrei Sakharov, Neils Bohr and Werner Heisenberg. Selected readings include: Michael Frayn's play Copenhagen, Hitler's Uranium Club by Jeremy Bernstein, Brecht's Galileo, John McPhee's The Curve of Binding Energy, Richard Rhodes' The Making of the Atomic Bomb. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | Science and Public Policy @Barnard |
| Enrollment | 10 students (10 max) as of 9:37AM Monday, August 15, 2022 |
| Status | Full |
| Subject | Science and Public Policy |
| Number | BC3334 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Barnard College |
| Campus | Barnard College |
| Note | Preference to JR & SR SCPP minors; must attend first class. |
| Section key | 20223SCPP3334X001 |
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