1. The City as Communications Net.
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Kargon, Robert and Molella, Arthur
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MANUSCRIPTS , *MATHEMATICIANS , *ATOMIC bomb , *TECHNOLOGY & society , *NUCLEAR warfare ,BOMBARDMENT of Hiroshima, Japan, 1945 ,BOMBARDMENT of Nagasaki-shi (Japan), 1945 - Abstract
Deals with a manuscript by mathematician Norbert Wiener which focuses on concerns about war, implications of the atomic bomb for the society and the social role of technology. Implication of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan for the U.S. public life; View of Wiener on a nuclear offensive strategy; Purpose of anticipatory defense; Recommendation regarding the decentralization communication system in cities.
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- 2004
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