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| 1900年左右,放射性对人体的危害就已经在早期的镭研究中被科学家发现。吉尔伯特铀238原子能实验室玩具诞生前约50年的历史中,更是经历了“镭姑娘”和原子弹爆炸两个重要事件,放射性对人体的危害应当已被清晰地认识到了,但这款带有放射性矿物质的危险玩具依然顺利走向儿童玩具市场。通过无知史角度审视有关放射性认识的历史,可以发现吉尔伯特铀238原子能实验室玩具背后埋藏着科学家与公众对放射性的三种无知:科学无知、社会建构的无知和结构性无知。正是在它们的共同作用下,无论是科学家还是公众对放射性危害的认知始终存在一定的缺陷。 |
| 关键词: 科技藏品 无知史 放射性 镭姑娘 原子弹 A History of Ignorance in Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab Liu Yuanxing |
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| A History of Ignorance in Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab |
| Liu Yuanxing |
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| Abstract: |
| Around 1900, scientists had already discovered the harm of radioactivity to the human body in the early research on radium. In the 50 years since the birth of the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab, two important events occurred:the “Radium Girls” and the atomic bomb explosion. The harm of radioactivity to the human body should have been clearly recognized, but this dangerous toy with radioactive minerals still successfully entered the children's toy market. Examining the history of radioactive knowledge through the lens of ignorance studies, the study reveals that behind the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab, there are three kinds of ignorance of scientists and the public about radioactivity:scientific ignorance, socially constructed ignorance and structural ignorance. It is under their combined influence that both scientists and the public have consistently exhibited gaps in their understanding of the hazards of radioactivity. |
| Key words: scientific and technological collections, history of ignorance, radioactivity, Radium Girls, atomic bomb |
