Science and War
This item is included in the following series/curriculum: A History of Science in Society
- Subjects: Physical Science
- Produced By: Broadview Press Inc.
- Year: 2005
- Country: Canada
- Language: English
- Running Time: 60m
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Historians debate whether war is essentially destructive or constructive for the development of science. Certainly both world wars used scientists and science - with ever more destructive results. As for science, the result was the largest cooperative groups of scientists in history, something that is now labelled as Big Science.