Celebrating the Czechoslovak atom: from ‘Atoms for Peace’ to Expo 58
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/00033790.2022.2164616" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/00033790.2022.2164616</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00033790.2022.2164616" target="_blank" >10.1080/00033790.2022.2164616</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Celebrating the Czechoslovak atom: from ‘Atoms for Peace’ to Expo 58
Original language description
The Czechoslovak-Soviet exhibition ‘Atoms for Peace’ was held in Prague and Bratislava in 1956. This exhibition became a symbol of Czechoslovak-Soviet ‘friendship’ and Soviet influence on the Czechoslovak nuclear programme. At the Brussels World’s Fair in 1958 (Expo 58), one of the most popular Czechoslovak exhibits was the betatron, which would become a symbol of Czechoslovak nuclear pride. The article analyzes the planning, creation and reception of these two exhibitions, as well as the popular image of the Czechoslovak betatron in the Czechoslovak press and literature of that time. It shows how, in Czechoslovakia, the paradigm of Czechoslovak-Soviet friendship and Soviet dominance converged and became entangled with the effort to present Czechoslovakia as an industrially developed country capable of building the nation’s nuclear industry (partly) on its own. One of the results of this entanglement was the betatron – a highly successful and celebrated Czechoslovak nuclear exhibit that captivated both domestic and international audiences.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Annals of Science
ISSN
0003-3790
e-ISSN
1464-505X
Volume of the periodical
80
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
38-61
UT code for WoS article
000912366100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85146223111