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Barton C. Hacker

Author of On the shoulders of Titans : a history of Project Gemini

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On the shoulders of Titans : a history of Project Gemini 30 copies
West Point in the Making of America 12 copies
American Military Technology: The Life Story of a Technology (Greenwood… 10 copies
The Dragon's Tail: Radiation Safety in the Manhattan Project, 1942-1946 6 copies
A Companion to Women's Military History (Editor; Contributor) 5 copies
Astride Two Worlds: Technology and the American Civil War 3 copies
World Military History Bibliography: Premodern and Nonwestern Military… 3 copies
Elements of Controversy: The Atomic Energy Commission and Radiation Safety… 2 copies

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The Atomic West (Contributor) 14 copies

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Hacker, Barton Clyde

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

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University of Chicago (BA ∙ 1955)

University of Chicago (MA ∙ 1962)

University of Chicago (PhD ∙ 1968)

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military historian

historian of science

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International Peace Research Association

World History Association

European Association for Studies of Science and Technology

American Anthropological Association

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Leonardo da Vinci Medal (2003)

Richard W. Leopold Prize (1996)

Abbott Payson Usher Prize (1993)

James Madison Prize (1993)

Society for the History of Technology Special Service Award (1991)

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