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Scientific Communication Across the Iron Curtain

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In this chapter, we set the scene for our subsequent study by briefly considering previous work on Cold War scientific communication. In addition, we outline the main themes to be found in later chapters.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    See, for example, the articles in vol. 31 (2001) of Social Studies in Science, vol. 101 (2010) of Isis, and vol. 55, no. 3 (2013) of Centaurus; see also Krementsov (2002) and Wolfe (2013).

  2. 2.

    See, for example, Birstein (2001), Graham (1972, 1993, 1998), Krementsov (1997), Lubrano and Solomon (1980), and Pollock (2006). See also the resources cited in note 28 on p. 66.

  3. 3.

    See, for example, Gerovitch (2002), Gessen (2011), Graham and Kantor (2009), Hollings (2014), and Zdravkovska and Duren (1993). Siegmund-Schultze (2014), on the other hand, does deal directly with the issue of international mathematical communication.

  4. 4.

    See, for example, the comments of Gessen (2011, p. 7).

  5. 5.

    For instances of the former, see Lohwater (1957) or Rathmann (1958); for the latter, see Rich (1986, 1987), Shabad (1986), and Anon (1986, 1987).

  6. 6.

    In the US context, see, for example, Kuznick (1987).

  7. 7.

    See, for example, Crawford (1992, Chap. 2) or Somsen (2008).

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Hollings, C.D. (2016). Introduction and Overview. In: Scientific Communication Across the Iron Curtain. SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25346-6_1

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