The extensive interaction between science/technology and the military
has become increasingly apparent in the years since the Second World
War. New institutional arrangements, new fields of study and research,
new patterns of funding and support, new relations with industry, the
academy and the state, and new professional roles have marked the
sciences and technology; the military transformations have been equally
important: new weapons systems of great complexity, new strategies and
practices, new reliance on high technologies and advanced sciences, and
extensive involvement in the funding of science and technology in the
'civilian' sector. While the literature in the social studies of science
and technology has from time to time addressed these issues (especially
from the historical perspective), the attention paid to the very
extensive interactions and concommitant transformations has not been
commensurate with the magnitude of the enterprise or changes undergone.
These volumes contribute both reports of new research and stimulating
additional study.Volume 12/1 contains Part I: War and the restructuring
of physics, and Part II: The military and technological
development.Volume 12/2 contains Part III: Transformation of industry
and medicine, Part IV: Nuclear weapons and nuclear power, and Part V:
R&D: military, industry and the academy.