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    Peaceful atoms in agriculture and food : how the politics of the Cold War shaped agricultural research using isotopes and radiation in post war divided Germany by Zachmann, Karin

    Published in Dynamis (Granada) (2015)
    “…During the Cold War, the super powers advanced nuclear literacy and access to nuclear resources and technology to a first-class power factor. Both national…”
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    Nuclear safety by numbers. Probabilistic risk analysis as an evidence practice for technical safety in the German debate on nuclear energy by Esselborn, Stefan, Zachmann, Karin

    Published in History and technology (02-01-2020)
    “…The article explores the introduction of Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) for nuclear energy in the two German states, the FRG and the GDR since the late…”
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    Atoms for peace and radiation for safety - how to build trust in irradiated foods in Cold War Europe and beyond by Zachmann, Karin

    Published in History and technology (01-03-2011)
    “…When Eisenhower announced the decision of his administration to promote peaceful uses of atomic science and technology on an international scale in his famous…”
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    A Socialist Consumption Junction: Debating the Mechanization of Housework in East Germany, 1956-1957 by Zachmann, Karin

    Published in Technology and culture (01-01-2002)
    “…Zachmann looks at whether the concept of the consumption junction can be used to analyze consumer decisions and actor networks in a nationalized economy. A…”
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    Women to replace the 'front officers of technology'? On the development of technical studies for women in the soviet occupation zone and the GDR (1946-1971) by Zachmann, Karin

    Published in History and technology (01-11-1997)
    “…One of the most marked changes in the career situation of the engineers, coming in the wake of the social restructuring in GDR state socialism, consisted in…”
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    Book reviews : "The authority of everyday objects : a cultural history of West German industrial design," by Paul Betts by Zachmann, Karin

    Published in Technology and Culture (01-01-2006)
    “…The study "The authority of everyday objects : a cultural history of West German industrial design," by Paul Betts is reviewed (University of California Press,…”
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    Vom Pianotype zur Zeilensetzmaschine: Setzmaschinenentwicklung und Geschlechterverhältnis, 1840-1900 by Zachmann, Karin

    Published in Technology and Culture (01-04-1999)
    “…Zachmann reviews "Vom Pianotype zur Zeilensetzmaschine: Setzmaschinenentwicklung und Geschlechterverhaltnis, 1840-1900" by Brigitte Robak…”
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    The Authority of Everyday Objects: A Cultural History of West German Industrial Design by Zachmann, Karin

    Published in Technology and Culture (01-01-2006)
    “…Zachmann reviews The Authority of Everyday Objects: A Cultural History of West German Industrial Design by Paul Betts…”
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    Cold War Kitchen: Americanization, Technology, and European Users by Oldenziel, Ruth, Zachmann, Karin, Jørgensen, Finn Arne

    Published in Technology and Culture (01-04-2010)
    “…Jorgensen reviews Cold War Kitchen: Americanization, Technology, and European Users by Ruth Oldenziel and Karin Zachmann…”
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    Constructing Socialism: Technology and Change in East Germany, 1945-1990 by Zachmann, Karin

    Published in Technology and Culture (01-10-2001)
    “…"Constructing Socialism: Technology and Change in East Germany, 1945-1990" by Raymond G. Stokes is reviewed…”
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    Forschen fur Stalin: Deutsche Fachleute in der Sowjetischen Rustungsindustrie, 1945-1958 by Zachmann, Karin

    Published in Technology and Culture (01-07-2003)
    “…Zachmann reviews "Forschen fur Stalin: Deutsche Fachleute in der Sowjetischen Rustungsindustrie, 1945-1958" by Christoph Mick…”
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