Brill Cold War Science and the Transatlantic Circulation of Knowledge: 1 (History of Modern Science, 1)

Cold War Science and the Transatlantic Circulation of Knowledge shows how western science was transferred and produced in an international network that was conditioned by global power relations. Review 'Like water incrementally descending a cascade, the Soviet-American affair of the Cold War trickled down deep into the cracks of Western European science. This subtle reformulation of John Krige's 'American consensual hegemony' is one of the merits of Cold War Science and the Transatlantic Circulation of Knowledge. [...] The volume's main focus is on the relation between science and national governments, both on a local and a global level. [...] this volume contains several fascinating case studies and provides interesting historiographical nuances, especially by paying serious attention to 'small' European nations.' - Jorrit Smit (Universiteit Leiden), in: Studium, volume 9, issue 3 (2016), p.181-182. About the Author Jeroen van Dongen (Ph.D. 2002, Amsterdam) is Professor of History of Science at the University of Amsterdam. He also teaches at Utrecht University and is the author of Einstein's Unification (Cambridge UP, 2010).