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Storytelling and Science: Rewriting Oppenheimer in the Nuclear Age
David K. Hecht
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Description for Storytelling and Science: Rewriting Oppenheimer in the Nuclear Age
Paperback. Series: Science/technology/culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTW; PDX; PHN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
No single figure embodies Cold War science more than the renowned physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Although other scientists may have been more influential in establishing the institutions and policies of the nuclear age, none has loomed larger in the popular imagination than the “father of the atomic bomb.” Americans have been drawn to the story of the Manhattan Project Oppenheimer helped lead and riveted by the McCarthy-era politics that caught him in its crosshairs. Journalists and politicians, writers and artists have told Oppenheimer's story in many different ways since he first gained notoriety in 1945. In Storytelling and Science, David ... Read more
No single figure embodies Cold War science more than the renowned physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Although other scientists may have been more influential in establishing the institutions and policies of the nuclear age, none has loomed larger in the popular imagination than the “father of the atomic bomb.” Americans have been drawn to the story of the Manhattan Project Oppenheimer helped lead and riveted by the McCarthy-era politics that caught him in its crosshairs. Journalists and politicians, writers and artists have told Oppenheimer's story in many different ways since he first gained notoriety in 1945. In Storytelling and Science, David ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Series
Science/technology/culture
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781625341433
SKU
V9781625341433
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About David K. Hecht
David K. Hecht is assistant professor of history at Bowdoin College, USA.
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