Author: University of Toronto. Institute for Aerospace StudiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Progress Report on Research Supported by Grants from the Defense Research Board of Canada
Author: University of Toronto. Institute for Aerospace StudiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Progress Report on Research Supported by Grants from the Defense Research Board of Canada
Author: University of Toronto. Institute for Aerospace StudiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
U.S. Government Research Reports
Author: Annual Department of Defense Bibliography of Logistics Studies and Related Documents
Author: United States. Defense Logistics Studies Information ExchangePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military research
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
National Library of Medicine Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1042
Book Description
Federal Scientific and Technical Communication Activities, Progress Report
Author: Frontier Science
Author: Matthew S. WisemanPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 148751963X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Between 1945 and 1970, Canada’s Department of National Defence sponsored scientific research into the myriad challenges of military operations in cold regions. To understand and overcome the impediments of the country’s cold climate, scientists studied cold-weather acclimatization, hypothermia, frostbite, and psychological morale for soldiers assigned to active duty in northern Canada. Frontier Science investigates the history of military science in northern Canada during this period of the Cold War, highlighting the consequences of government-funded research for humans and nature alike. The book reveals how under the guise of “environmental protection” research, the Canadian military sprayed pesticides to clear bushed areas, used radioactive substances to investigate vector-borne diseases, pursued race-based theories of cold tolerance, and enabled wide-ranging tests of newly developed weapons and equipment. In arguing that military research in northern Canada was a product of the Cold War, Matthew S. Wiseman tackles questions of government power, scientific authority, and medical and environmental research ethics. Based on a long and deep pursuit of declassified records, archival sources, and oral testimony, Frontier Science is a fascinating new history of military approaches to the human-nature relationship.
Silent Partners
Author: Alex SouchenPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774868988
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Silent Partners reveals that Canada’s military-industrial complex is deeply embedded in the fabric of the country. During the Cold War, Canada’s military, industrial, and political partnerships developed behind the scenes and without much public scrutiny. This book explores this history of leveraging military and defence expenditures to fund domestic industries, bolster employment, and support science and technology. It also considers the environmental impacts, ethical issues, and economic and political relationships between the Canadian military, government, private industry, and research institutions. Silent Partners is an illuminating examination of Canada’s military-industrial complex from a historical perspective.
Military Medicine
Author: Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society
Author: David H. GustonPublisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1452266174
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
Labeled either as the "next industrial revolution" or as just "hype," nanoscience and nanotechnologies are controversial, touted by some as the likely engines of spectacular transformation of human societies and even human bodies, and by others as conceptually flawed. These challenges make an encyclopedia of nanoscience and society an absolute necessity. Providing a guide to what these understandings and challenges are about, the Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society offers accessible descriptions of some of the key technical achievements of nanoscience along with its history and prospects. Rather than a technical primer, this encyclopedia instead focuses on the efforts of governments around the world to fund nanoscience research and to tap its potential for economic development as well as to assess how best to regulate a new technology for the environmental, occupational, and consumer health and safety issues related to the field. Contributions examine and analyze the cultural significance of nanoscience and nanotechnologies and describe some of the organizations, and their products, that promise to make nanotechnologies a critical part of the global economy. Written by noted scholars and practitioners from around the globe, these two volumes offer nearly 500 entries describing the societal aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Key Themes - Art, Design, and Materials - Bionanotechnology Centers - Context - Economics and Business - Engagement and the Public - Environment and Risk - Ethics and Values - Geographies and Distribution - History and Philosophy - Integration and Interdisciplinarity - Nanotechnology Companies - Nanotechnology Organizations