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8. From Expertise to Advocacy: The Seabed Disposal of Radioactive Waste

  • Naomi Oreskes
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Science on a Mission
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. The Personal, the Political, and the Scientific 17
  5. 2. Seeing the Ocean through Operational Eyes: The Stommel- Arons Model of Abyssal Circulation 58
  6. 3. Whose Science Is It Anyway? The Woods Hole Palace Revolt 97
  7. 4. Stymied by Secrecy: Harry Hess and Seafloor Spreading 138
  8. 5. The Iron Curtain of Classification: What Difference Did It Make? 194
  9. 6. Why the Navy Built Alvin 256
  10. 7. Painting Projects White: The Discovery of Deep- Sea Hydrothermal Vents 301
  11. 8. From Expertise to Advocacy: The Seabed Disposal of Radioactive Waste 344
  12. 9. Changing the Mission: From the Cold War to Climate Change 395
  13. Conclusion: The Context of Motivation 469
  14. Acknowledgments 503
  15. Sources and Abbreviations 507
  16. Notes 511
  17. Bibliography 657
  18. Index 721
https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226732411-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. The Personal, the Political, and the Scientific 17
  5. 2. Seeing the Ocean through Operational Eyes: The Stommel- Arons Model of Abyssal Circulation 58
  6. 3. Whose Science Is It Anyway? The Woods Hole Palace Revolt 97
  7. 4. Stymied by Secrecy: Harry Hess and Seafloor Spreading 138
  8. 5. The Iron Curtain of Classification: What Difference Did It Make? 194
  9. 6. Why the Navy Built Alvin 256
  10. 7. Painting Projects White: The Discovery of Deep- Sea Hydrothermal Vents 301
  11. 8. From Expertise to Advocacy: The Seabed Disposal of Radioactive Waste 344
  12. 9. Changing the Mission: From the Cold War to Climate Change 395
  13. Conclusion: The Context of Motivation 469
  14. Acknowledgments 503
  15. Sources and Abbreviations 507
  16. Notes 511
  17. Bibliography 657
  18. Index 721
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