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How reason almost lost its mind, the strange career of Cold War rationality, Paul Erickson, Judy L. Klein, Lorraine Daston, Rebecca Lemov, Thomas Sturm, and Michael D. Gordin

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How reason almost lost its mind, the strange career of Cold War rationality, Paul Erickson, Judy L. Klein, Lorraine Daston, Rebecca Lemov, Thomas Sturm, and Michael D. Gordin
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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index present
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non fiction
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How reason almost lost its mind
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Paul Erickson, Judy L. Klein, Lorraine Daston, Rebecca Lemov, Thomas Sturm, and Michael D. Gordin
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the strange career of Cold War rationality
Table Of Contents
Introduction: the struggle over Cold War rationality -- Enlightenment reason, Cold War rationality, and the rule of rules -- The bounded rationality of Cold War operations research -- Saving the planet from nuclear weapons and the human mind -- "The situation" in the Cold War behavioral sciences -- World in a matrix -- The collapse of Cold War rationality -- Epilogue: Cold War rationality after the Cold War
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