NATS 1775 Lecture 22: Science, Technology in WWII and the Cold War
19 Jan 2017
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Lecture 22 - science, technology, and ideology in wwii and cold war. Wwii science and technology: science and ideology. You can embrace a religious, political, economical, or racial ideology. We will be focusing on the political ideology. Political ideology has played a huge role in influencing science and technical research in different time periods from communist china to the russian revolution. When science and engineering research is transformed into something that is accepted within a political regime. Rewards: if research is acceptable, it will be embraced; receive a lot of funding, support, influence, power, prestigious positions. Punishment: if research is unacceptable, research will be rejected; you might lose your job, be incarcerated, or die. Science, in particular, is often seen as a discipline that goes beyond politics and religion; scientific knowledge is considered to be neutral knowledge or value-free knowledge. Your bias, belief system, and values can permeate into the research that you conduct.
