Committee on Political and Social Problems

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Manhattan Project organization advisory committee scientific committee

The Committee on Political and Social Problems was a group of Manhattan Project scientists who evaluated the broader political, ethical, and social implications of nuclear weapons and advised the U.S. government on atomic policy.

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Committee on Political and Social Problems canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Manhattan Project organization ⓘ advisory committee ⓘ scientific committee ⓘ
appliesTo	atomic energy ⓘ nuclear weapons ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	late 1940s ⓘ
field	ethics ⓘ nuclear policy ⓘ political science ⓘ social policy ⓘ
hasMember	Arthur H. Compton ⓘ Donald J. Hughes ⓘ Edward Teller ⓘ Enrico Fermi ⓘ Ernest O. Lawrence ⓘ Eugene Rabinowitch ⓘ George B. Pegram NERFINISHED ⓘ Glenn T. Seaborg ⓘ Hans Bethe ⓘ Harold Urey ⓘ surface form: Harold C. Urey Henry DeWolf Smyth ⓘ Herbert L. Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ I. I. Rabi ⓘ surface form: Isidor Isaac Rabi J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ James B. Conant ⓘ James Franck ⓘ John Archibald Wheeler ⓘ surface form: John A. Wheeler Leo Szilard ⓘ Luis Alvarez ⓘ surface form: Luis W. Alvarez Lyman J. Briggs ⓘ Niels Bohr ⓘ Norman Hilberry ⓘ Richard C. Tolman ⓘ Robert F. Bacher ⓘ Samuel K. Allison NERFINISHED ⓘ Vannevar Bush ⓘ
hasRole	advising U.S. government on atomic policy ⓘ evaluating ethical implications of nuclear weapons ⓘ evaluating political implications of nuclear weapons ⓘ evaluating social implications of nuclear weapons ⓘ
inception	1945 ⓘ
location	Los Alamos, New Mexico ⓘ surface form: Los Alamos United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableWork	advice on use and demonstration of atomic bombs ⓘ analysis of international control of nuclear weapons ⓘ recommendations on postwar control of atomic energy ⓘ
partOf	Manhattan Project ⓘ

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Franck Report → preparedBy → Committee on Political and Social Problems ⓘ