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SUMMARY:'In God we trust\, all others we monitor': seismology and internat
 ional affairs during the Cold War - Simone Turchetti (University of Manche
 ster)
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CONTACT:Nicky Reeves
DESCRIPTION:Although seismology is primarily concerned with the study of e
 arthquakes\, its expansion during the Cold War depended on using seismic i
 nstrumentation to monitor the advancement of nuclear weapons programmes. S
 everal historians have looked extensively at these developments focussing 
 especially on how they overlapped negotiations on nuclear testing. In this
  paper I seek to expand on this literature by analyzing the uses of seismo
 logy for intelligence-gathering purposes. I thus suggest that as informati
 on-seeking was the priority for some of the key actors involved in negotia
 ting a test ban\, the striking of an international moratorium was made con
 ditional upon this urgency. In fact these intelligence activities represen
 ted a major obstacle to the signing of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and
  deeply affected international relations during the Cold War period.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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