Waiting for Joe-1: Decisions Leading to the Detection of Russia's First Atomic Bomb Test

@article{citeulike:311292, abstract = {Events that led to the successful identification by the US of the 1949 test of a Russian atomic bomb are analyzed in terms of three decisions that involved, respectively, the management, development and deployment of the monitoring system that detected the Russian test. Analysis of these decisions focuses on the way public and 'insider' beliefs about atomic bombs influenced the decision-making process, and on how technical and organizational factors modulated the pace of system development and deployment.}, author = {Ziegler, Charles }, citeulike-article-id = {311292}, journal = {Social Studies of Science}, keywords = {atomic, bomb, decisions, public, soviet}, number = {2}, pages = {197--229}, posted-at = {2005-09-03 19:41:12}, priority = {2}, title = {Waiting for Joe-1: Decisions Leading to the Detection of Russia's First Atomic Bomb Test}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/285297}, volume = {18}, year = {1988} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:311292 L3 - citeulike-article-id:311292 TI - Waiting for Joe-1: Decisions Leading to the Detection of Russia's First Atomic Bomb Test JF - Social Studies of Science VL - 18 IS - 2 SP - 197 EP - 229 N2 - Events that led to the successful identification by the US of the 1949 test of a Russian atomic bomb are analyzed in terms of three decisions that involved, respectively, the management, development and deployment of the monitoring system that detected the Russian test. Analysis of these decisions focuses on the way public and 'insider' beliefs about atomic bombs influenced the decision-making process, and on how technical and organizational factors modulated the pace of system development and deployment. KW - atomic KW - bomb KW - decisions KW - public KW - soviet AU - Ziegler, Charles PY - 1988/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/285297 ER -