Aldermaston and British Nuclear Weapons Development
Testing the `Zuckerman Thesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11923463 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Graham Spinardi (0000-0003-2631-2240, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 547-582 |
| Publication date | 1997-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Studies of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-3127 • E-ISSN: 1460-3659 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/030631297027004001 |
| OpenAlex | W2003613931 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper addresses the proposition put forward by Solly Zuckerman that the nuclear arms race has been driven by scientists and engineers. The history of British nuclear weapons developments is described with particular attention to both their changing organizational relationships and the fluctuating interface between the UK and the USA on the exchange of nuclear weapons assistance. The relationships between the nuclear weapons communities and their governments in the UK and USA are briefly compared, and it is concluded that Zuckerman's thesis cannot be sustained. Technologists do engage in `heterogeneous engineering' in pursuit of their goals, but they are far from all-powerful in achieving these goals
Arms race · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Nuclear weapon · Political economy · Political science · Proposition · Public relations · Sociology · Engineering · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense · Space exploration and regulation
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2013 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |