SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes -Recombinant Dna, Technological Determinism, Ozone Depletion
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scholars interested in the relationship between technology and society recognize that the bombing of hiroshima divided the twentieth century into two distinct periods. most people regarded technologists with reverence and awe. They were viewed as a sort of priesthood whose objectivity allowed them to stand outside the everyday world and perform near-magical acts. oppenheimer organized the largest and most sophisticated technological project in human history up to that time. Having witnessed the destructive power he helped unleash, he wanted the united states to set an example to the only other nuclear power at the time, the soviet union. He wanted both countries to halt thermo-nuclear research and refuse to develop the hydrogen bomb. north americans value science and technology highly. In the postwar years, a growing number of people have come to share oppenheimer"s doubts about the bomb.
