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245 0 0 _aMarch 4 :
_bscientists, students, and society /
_cedited Jonathan Allen.
250 _a[Anniversary edition].
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bMIT Press,
_c2019
264 2 _a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] :
_bIEEE Xplore,
_c[2019]
300 _a1 PDF (200 pages).
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aelectronic
_2isbdmedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
506 _aRestricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
520 _aScientists debate the role of scientific research in the military-industrial complex and consider the complicity of academic science in American wars. On March 4, 1969, MIT faculty and students joined together for an extraordinary day of protest. Growing out of the MIT community's anguish over the Vietnam War and concern over the perceived complicity of academic science with the American war machine, the events of March 4 and the days following were a "positive protest"--a forum not only for addressing political and moral priorities but also for mapping out a course of action. Soon afterward, some of the participants founded the Union of Concerned Scientists. This book documents the March 4 protest with transcripts of talks and panel discussions. Speakers included Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Lionel Trilling, and Nobel Laureate George Wald, whose memorable speech, "A Generation in Search of a Future," was widely circulated. Topics of discussion ranged from general considerations of the intellectuals' political responsibility to specific comments on the Vietnam War and nuclear disarmament. This fiftieth anniversary edition adds a foreword by Kurt Gottfried, a physicist, participant in the March 4 protest, and cofounder of the Union of Concerned Scientists. He writes, forcefully and hopefully, "Fifty years ago, a remarkable awakening was occurring among American scientists about their role in society. This volume offers a fascinating snapshot of that moment on March 4, 1969, and the activities and discussions collected here remain relevant and resonant today." In an era when many politicians routinely devalue science, we can take inspiration from the March 4 protests.
530 _aAlso available in print.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web
588 0 _aPrint version record.
650 0 _aScience
_xSocial aspects
_vCongresses.
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650 0 _aScience
_xMoral and ethical aspects
_vCongresses.
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650 0 _aScience and civilization
_vCongresses.
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650 7 _aScience and civilization.
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_925546
650 7 _aScience
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
_2fast
_925547
650 7 _aScience
_xSocial aspects.
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655 4 _aElectronic books.
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655 7 _aConference papers and proceedings.
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700 1 _aAllen, Jonathan,
_d1934-
_eeditor.
_923542
710 2 _aIEEE Xplore (Online Service),
_edistributor.
_925548
710 2 _aMIT Press,
_epublisher.
_925549
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tMarch 4.
_bAnniversary edition
_z9780262536653
_w(DLC) 2018027288
_w(OCoLC)1044768977
856 4 2 _3Abstract with links to resource
_uhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=8631285
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