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The Jasons [electronic resource] : The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science, 2006.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
This book is a history/profile of the group, called Jason, of academic scientists who advise the government. The book starts where the Manhattan Project ends -- with physicists trying to decide, having let the genie out of the bottle, how to get it back in again. One result of their attempts was Jason. Jason is 30 to 50 scientists who meet for six weeks every summer to answer questions for the government -- usually for the defense department or the intelligence community -- about national security issues. They specialize in studies for the Department of Energy on the technical backing for treaties to ban the bomb. Jason is unique, not only in this country, but in the world. The book is about the group's attempts to hold onto their scientific souls, remain independent, and still stay in business.
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E 1.99:1013649
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Published through SciTech Connect.
04/10/2006.
SLAC Colloquium Series, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, presented on April 10, 2006.
Finkbeiner, Ann.
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AC02-76SF00515
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