From Alchemy to Atomic War

In 1915, Frederick Soddy, later a winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, warned publicly of the future dangers of atomic war. Hisforesight depended not only upon scientific knowledge, but also upon emotion, creativity, and many sorts of nonscientific knowledge. The latter, which played a role even in the content of Soddy's scientific discoveries, included such diverse sources as contemporary politics, history, science fiction, religion, and ancient alchemy. Soddy's story may offer important, guiding msights for today's efforts in technology assessment

Alchemy · Art history · Atomic energy · Creativity · Epistemology · History of science · Political science · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · History · History and Developments in Astronomy · Law · Philosophy · Twentieth Century Scientific Developments

• Italian news coverage of radiation in the early decades of the twentieth century

  Open Access•Andrea Candela, Federico Pasquaré Mariotto•Public Understanding of Science•2016

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• The Pumpkin or the Tiger? Michael Polanyi, Frederick Soddy, and Anticipating Emerging Technologies

  Open Access•David H Guston•Minerva•2012

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• Introduction

  Open Access•JONATHAN HOGG, Christoph Laucht•The British Journal for the…•2012

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• Beyond Objectivism and Relativism

  Richard J Bernstein•Beyond Objectivism and Relativism•1984

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• Weimar Culture, Causality, and Quantum Theory, 1918-1927

  Paul Forman•Historical Studies in the…•1971

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• Knowledge and social imagery

  David Bloor•Knowledge and social imagery•1991

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• Technological Utopianism in American Culture

  Michael Fellman, Howard P Segal•The American Historical Review•1985

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• The Discovery of Atomic Transmutation

  Marjorie Malley•Isis•1979

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• Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact

  Ludwik Fleck, Thaddeus J Trenn et al.•Genesis and Development of a…•1981

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• Laboratory Life

  Bruno Latour, Steve WooIgar et al.•Laboratory Life•2013

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• World War I, Poison Gas Research, and the Ideals of American Chemists

  Open Access•Gilbert Whittemore, Gilbert F Whittemore•Social Studies of Science•1975

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• The Contradictions of Professionalism

  Open Access•Kay MacLeod•Social Studies of Science•1979

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• From Socrates to expert systems

  Open Access•Hubert L Dreyfus, Stuart E Dreyfus•Technology in Society•1984

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• A Guidebook for Technology Assessment and Impact Analysis

  Evan Vlachos, Alan L Porter et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1982

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• Against Method, Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge

  Ian I Mitroff, Paul Feyerabend et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1976

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• Science and the Sociology of Knowledge

  John A Debrizzi, Michael Mulkay•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1980

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• Scientists, government and organised research in Great Britain 1914?16

  Open Access•Ian Varcoe•Minerva•1970

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• The Physicists

  Paul A Hanle, Daniel J Kevles•Journal of American History•1979

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• Imagining Tomorrow

  Robert W Rydell, Joseph J Corn•Journal of American History•1987

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• Technological Utopianism in American Culture

  Robert W Rydell, Howard P Segal•Journal of American History•1986

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• Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt

  R F Harrod, Frederick Soddy•The Economic Journal•1927

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• The Central Role of Energy in Soddy's Holistic and Critical Approach to Nuclear Science, Economics, and Social Responsibility

  Open Access•Thaddeus J Trenn•The British Journal for the…•1979

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• Frederick Soddy and the Practical Significance of Radioactive Matter

  Open Access•Michael I Freedman•The British Journal for the…•1979

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• Soddy at Oxford

  Open Access•A D Cruickshank•The British Journal for the…•1979

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• Toward a psychology of being

  Abraham H Maslow•Toward a psychology of being•1998

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• Beyond Objectivism and Relativism

  K Harrison•Telos•1985

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• Knowledge and Human Interests

  Steven Luke, Steven Lukes et al.•British Journal of Sociology•1972

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• The Organisation of Science in England

  R D Whitley, Richard Whitley et al.•British Journal of Sociology•1974

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• History of Science and its Sociological Reconstructions

  Open Access•Steven Shapin•History of Science•1982

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• The Economic Thought of Frederick Soddy

  Herman E Daly•History of Political Economy•1980

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• Imagining Tomorrow

  Joseph W Slade, Joseph J Corn•Technology and Culture•1989

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• The Manufacture of Knowledge

  Trevor Pinch, Karin D Knorr-Cetina•Technology and Culture•1984

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• Science and the Sociology of Knowledge

  Mark Oromaner, Michael Mulkay•Social Forces•1980

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