Secrecy and science : a historical sociology of biological and chemical warfare /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Balmer, Brian, 1965-
Imprint:	Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Co., c2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 168 p.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Biological warfare -- Research -- Great Britain -- History. Chemical warfare -- Research -- Great Britain -- History. Official secrets -- Great Britain -- History. Military research -- Social aspects. Biological warfare -- Research. Chemical warfare -- Research. Military research -- Social aspects. Official secrets. Great Britain. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9906305

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Varying Form of Title:	Historical sociology of biological and chemical warfare
ISBN:	9781409430568 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9781409430575 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Secret science
Secrecy at work: scientists' defence of biological weapons research
Making secrets: accidents, experiments and the production of knowledge
Keeping, disclosing and breaching secrets: classification and security
Secrecy, doubt and uncertainty: power/ignorance?
Secrecy, transparency and public relations: opening up Porton Down in the 'year of the barricades'
Secret spaces of science: a secret formula, a rogue patent and public knowledge about nerve gas
Opaque science
References
Index

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