{"product_id":"the-american-lab-9781421425313","title":"The American Lab","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Lab\u003c\/i\u003e is highly recommended reading not just for science collections; but for anyone who would better understand the intersection of and connections between political, scientific, educational, and military communities.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDonovan's Literary Services\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUp to now, the growing lexicon of scholarship on the U.S. national laboratories has lacked work on the history of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, aside from one dissertation and a classified document. This book by a former laboratory director, which covers the defense laboratory's history from its beginnings to 2008, provides the first comprehensive, easily accessible account . . . Given the enormous national investment in this complex, the work and devices it produces, and its impact on research and development, Tarter's book offers crucial, previously missing information.\u003cbr\u003e—Catherine Westfall, Michigan State University, \u003ci\u003eIsis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday we know Silicon Valley as a veritable field of dreams for startups, but in \u003ci\u003eThe American Lab\u003c\/i\u003e, the former director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, C. Bruce Tarter, recounts how a culture that valued debate, questioning, and passion made Livermore not only the first successful startup in the San Francisco Bay Area but a uniquely American lab.\u003cbr\u003e—Sarah Wells, \u003ci\u003eMIT Technology Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003ePart I. Making the Cold War Cold, 1952-1971 \u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Origins \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Getting Started \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The Foundation of Deterrence \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Arms Control, Atoms for Peace, and the Test Ban \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Organization and Evolution of the Laboratory \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Development of the Stockpile \u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Nuclear Excursions \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Transition \u003cbr\u003ePart II. Lasers, Lasers, Nothing but Lasers, 1971-1988 \u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Changing of the Guard \u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. The Nuclear Weapons Program \u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Lasers \u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. The Energy Crisis and New Programs \u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. Evolution of the Broader Lab \u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Star Wars \u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. End of the Era Part III. Renaissance, Repression, and Reorganization, 1988-2008 \u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. End of the Cold War \u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. Post-Cold War Changes \u003cbr\u003eChapter 18. Early Days with the New Administration \u003cbr\u003eChapter 19. Stockpile Stewardship and the Presidential Decision \u003cbr\u003eChapter 20. Growth of the Lab \u003cbr\u003eChapter 21. The Troubles and Their Weathering \u003cbr\u003eChapter 22. Summing Up\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23. Transitional Years \u003cbr\u003eEpilogue \u003cbr\u003eAcronyms and Abbreviations \u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408125370711,"sku":"9781421425313","price":61.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421425313.jpg?v=1730501677","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-american-lab-9781421425313","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}