03274cam a2200565 a 4500 90741 20230410105245.0 960226s1996 cauab b 001 0 eng 96007234 (OCoLC)ocm34517289 DLC DLC UKM LVB BAKER NLGGC BTCTA YDXCP MTG UBC ZWZ GB97-53582 38014859 0520081471 9780520081475 (OCoLC)34517289 (OCoLC)38014859 n-us-ca U 264.4 G982n 1996 306.27 20 89.77 Gusterson, Hugh. Nuclear rites : a weapons laboratory at the end of the Cold War / Hugh Gusterson. Berkeley : University of California Press, c1996. xviii, 351 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-344) and index. Based on fieldwork at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - the facility that designed the neutron bomb and the warhead for the MX missile - Nuclear Rites takes the reader deep inside the top-secret culture of a nuclear weapons lab. Exploring the scientists' world of dark humor, ritualized secrecy, and disciplined emotions, anthropologist Gusterson uncovers the beliefs and values that animate their work. He discovers that many of the scientists are Christians, deeply convinced of the morality of their work. An unexpected number are also liberals who opposed the Vietnam War and the Reagan-Bush agenda. In a lively, wide-ranging account, Gusterson analyzes the ethics and politics of laboratory employees, the effects of security regulations on scientists' private lives, and the role of nuclear tests - beyond the obvious scientific one - as rituals of initiation and transcendence. Nuclear weapons Research Social aspects California Livermore. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Employees. Antinuclear movement Social aspects. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Personnel. Armes nucleaires Recherche Aspect social Californie Livermore. Mouvement antinuclâeaire Aspect social. Armas nucleares Investigaciones Aspectos sociales California Movimiento antinuclear Aspectos sociales. Kernwapens. gtt Laboratoriumonderzoek. gtt Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Etats-Unis). ram Armes nuclâeaires Recherche Aspect social âEtats-Unis. ram Mouvement antinucleaire Aspect social. ram Energie nuclâeaire Recherche Aspect social Etats-Unis Californie Californie. ram Californie (âEtats-Unis) Livermore. ram Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal051/96007234.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal041/96007234.html Baker & Taylor BKTY 45.00 45.00 0520081471 0002849631 active Baker and Taylor BTCP 96007234 YBP Library Services YANK 1464988 lcc bk ccruz C0 DRFGD 33044 33044 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 U 264.4 G982n 1996 00000080088 2018-10-23 00:00:00 2018-10-23 bk