Format:
xii, 109 Seiten
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Diagramme
ISBN:
3319253441
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9783319253442
Series Statement:
Springer briefs in history of science and technology
Content:
This monograph provides a concise introduction to the tangled issues of communication between Russian and Western scientists during the Cold War. It details the extent to which mid-twentieth-century researchers and practitioners were able to communicate with their counterparts on the opposite side of the Iron Curtain. Drawing upon evidence from a range of disciplines, a decade-by-decade account is first given of the varying levels of contact that existed via private correspondence and conference attendance. Next, the book examines the exchange of publications and the availability of one side's work in the libraries of the other. It then goes on to compare general language abilities on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain, with comments on efforts in the West to learn Russian and the systematic translation of Russian work. In the end, author Christopher Hollings argues that physical accessibility was generally good in both directions, but that Western scientists were afflicted by greater linguistic difficulties than their Soviet counterparts whose major problems were bureaucratic in nature. This volume will be of interest to historians of Cold War science, particularly those who study communications and language issues. In addition, it will be an ideal starting pointing for anyone looking to know more about this fascinating area.
Note:
Literaturangaben
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1 Introduction and Overview -- 2 Personal communications -- 2.1 Before the First World War -- 2.2 The 1920s -- 2.3 The 1930s -- 2.4 The Second World War -- 2.5 After the war -- 2.6 The post-Stalin period -- 2.7 The experiences of Zhores A. Medvedev -- 2.8 In the opposite direction -- 2.9 Concluding remarks on personal communications -- 3 Physical access to publications -- 3.1 General comments -- 3.2 Censorship -- 3.3 'Local publication' in the USSR -- 3.4 Abstracts -- 3.5 Western surveys of Soviet work -- 4 Linguistic access to publications -- 4.1 The foreign-language barrier -- 4.2 Foreign languages in Soviet journals -- 4.3 Foreign authors in Soviet journals -- 4.4 Russian-language ability amongst Western scientists -- 4.5 Translation of scientific works -- 5 Concluding remarks and points to be pursued.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783319253466
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Hollings, Christopher D. Scientific Communication Across the Iron Curtain Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016 ISBN 9783319253466
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Mathematics
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General works
Keywords:
Ost-West-Konflikt
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Wissenschaftskommunikation
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Forschung
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Wissenschaftliche Literatur
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Ost-West-Konflikt
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Wissenschaftskommunikation
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Forschung
;
Wissenschaftliche Literatur
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