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Thresholds of uncertainty : radiation and responsibility in the fallout controversy

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Jolly, J. Christopher

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The public controversy over possible health hazards from radioactive fallout from atomic bomb testing began in 1954, shortly after a thermonuclear test by the United States spread fallout world wide. In the dissertation, I address two of the fundamental questions of the fallout controversy: Was there a threshold of radiation...

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I offer heartfelt thanks to the members of my committee, Mary Jo Nye, Robert Nye, Paul Farber
Dixy Lee Ray, marine biology, and the public understanding of science in the United States (1930-1970)

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Ellis, Erik

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This dissertation focuses on the life of Dixy Lee Ray as it examines important developments in marine biology and biological oceanography during the mid twentieth century. In addition, Ray's key involvement in the public understanding of science movement of the 1950s and 1960s provides a larger social and cultural context...

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also thank the other members of my committee Ron Doel, Paul Farber, and Robert Nyc who willingly read
Rocks and reactors : an atomic interpretation of human rights, 1941-1979

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Richards, Linda Marie

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The atomic age was enacted by many scientists as a way to realize health and human rights. Human rights were conceived in this context as rights to economic development, science education, and nuclear medicine. The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) acted hand in hand with UN agencies and educators...

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Roberts, Michal Meyer, Carin Berkowitz, Elsa Atson, Bruce Gagnon, Samantha Chisholm Hatfield, Jeffrey