Socio-Political Reflections and Civil Defense
By: edited by Jagdish Mehra
Series: The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner, Part B Historical, Philosophical, and Socio-Political Papers -- B / 8; Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner, Part B Historical, Philosophical, and Socio-Political Papers -- B / 8.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9783642637650; 9783642588624
Subjects: Engineering; Physics; Environmental protection
Description: E.P. Wigner, one of the leading scientists involved in the early development of nuclear technology, had always in mind its political and social implications. In the 60s persuing his goal of a peaceful open world he began to develop the concept of Civil Defense against nuclear attacks. Looking back one might see this as an alternative to the concept of the Nuclear Shield. The present volume contains a selection of Wigner's writings on this subject. It is annotated by Conrad Chester.
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Table of contents: title: Wigner on Civil Defense (Annotation by C. Chester); title: The Age of MADness 1964-1969; title: The Soviets Deploy an Effective Civil Defense System: Urban Evacuation 1969-1976; title: The U.S. Government Discovers Soviet Civil Defense 1976-1979; title: Recapitulation.