C.P. Snow, Sputnik and the Cold War

The new cold war

As researchers for the Defence Research and Development Canada, attending field trials, military exercises and operations for data collection purposes is a common and exciting part of the job. Over the past few years while conducting research during Arctic operations (Figure 1) we have experienced the challenges of trying to conduct basics tasks outside in the extreme cold. As civilian scientis...

During the Cold War

The first in this series Of three articles, published in the September-October 1997 issue of ARMOR. addressed American lank developmenJ during the HbrJd \\brs. This article focuses upon lhe Cold "'b, era prior to the development of the M I Abrams, illustrating the injlutnu oj the Soviet military threat. The desire to field a technologically superior lank that would more than offset Soviet numer...

Deterrence in the Cold War and the “War on Terror”

The Cold War in Biology

This challenge to many of the cherished dogmas of genetics and evolution is fascinating reading. Lindegren's comments concerning the suppression of views which challenge the underlying assumptions of scientific research are particularly poignant in view of his difficulty in getting this book published, even though he is an outstanding geneticist. The first chapter, "The Game of Science," and th...

Reflections on the gene patent war: the myriad battle, Sputnik and beyond.

“You, or someone you love, may die because of a gene patent that should never have been granted in the first place. Sound far-fetched? Unfortunately, it’s only too real” (1 ). This quote from an editorial by the bestselling author Michael Crichton written shortly before his death is typical of the rhetoric surrounding human gene patents. Those who are against gene patents often cast them as mor...