Big Science and Technology in the Twentieth Century

Authors

  • Paul Robert Josephson Colby College
  • Jo Klanovicz PPGIDC/LHAG/UNICENTRO

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36661/2238-9717.2016n27.8051

Abstract

In this essay I argue that one of the most fruitful ways to consider the history of science and technology in the twentieth century is to consider them as large scale human constructs, never as objects in themselves, but extensive systems of political, engineering, economic, and social institutions.

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Author Biographies

  • Paul Robert Josephson, Colby College

    Professor de História no Colby College, Maine, EUA, e da Universidade Estatal de Tomsk, Rússia. Doutor pelo Massachussets Institute of Technology, mestre em estudos soviéticos pela Universidade de Harvard. Campos de atuação: História da Ciência e da Tecnologia no século XX, História Soviética e Russa e História Ambiental.

  • Jo Klanovicz, PPGIDC/LHAG/UNICENTRO

    (PPGIDC/LHAG/UNICENTRO).

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Published

05-06-2018

Issue

No. 27 (2016): Dossiê História das Ciências e Tecnologias

Section

Dossiês

How to Cite

JOSEPHSON, Paul Robert. Big Science and Technology in the Twentieth Century. Fronteiras: Revista Catarinense de História, Brasil, n. 27, p. 149, 2018. DOI: 10.36661/2238-9717.2016n27.8051. Disponível em: https://periodicos.uffs.edu.br/index.php/FRCH/article/view/8051. Acesso em: 26 mar. 2025.