The nuclear winter phenomenon burst upon the public's consciousness in 1983. Added tothe horror of a nuclear war's immediate effects was the fear that the smoke from fires ignited bythe explosions would block the sun, creating an extended "winter" that might kill morepeople worldwide than the initial nuclear strikes. In A Nuclear Winter's Tale, Lawrence Badash mapsthe rise and fall of the science of nuclear winter, examining research activity, the popularizationof the concept, and the Reagan-era politics that combined to influence policy and public opinion.Badash traces the several sciences (including studies of volcanic eruptions, ozone depletion, anddinosaur extinction) that merged to allow computer modeling of nuclear winter and its development asa scientific specialty. He places this in the political context of the Reagan years, discussingcongressional interest, media attention, the administration's plans for a research program, and theDefense Department's claims that the arms buildup underway would prevent nuclear war, and thusnuclear winter. A Nuclear Winter's Tale tells an important story but also provides a usefulillustration of the complex relationship between science and society. It examines the behavior ofscientists in the public arena and in the scientific community, and raises questions about theproblems faced by scientific Cassandras, the implications when scientists go public with worst-casescenarios, and the timing of government reaction to startling scientific findings.
Lawrence Badash was Professor Emeritus of History of Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He authored Kapitza, Rutherford, and the Kremlin and Scientists and the Development of Nuclear Weapons: From Fission to the Limited Test Ban Treaty.
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