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The Cloud That Contained the Lightning: Poems (The National Poetry Series)
Cynthia Lowen
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Paperback. Using the character of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, as a jumping-off point, "The Cloud That Contained the Lightning" explores the kinds of ethical choices we face as individuals and as a society with respect to the innovations and inventions we pursue." Series: National Poetry Series. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 91.
Using the character of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb,” as a jumping-off point, The Cloud That Contained the Lightning explores the kinds of ethical choices we face as individuals and as a society with respect to the innovations and inventions we pursue. How are our fears, obsessions, prejudices and cultures manifested in the ways we apply new technologies, such as the splitting of the atom? What were the attitudes that resulted in such a destructive invention? What prompted it to be used on a nation suspected to already be defeated?
By weaving together the voices ... Read more
Using the character of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb,” as a jumping-off point, The Cloud That Contained the Lightning explores the kinds of ethical choices we face as individuals and as a society with respect to the innovations and inventions we pursue. How are our fears, obsessions, prejudices and cultures manifested in the ways we apply new technologies, such as the splitting of the atom? What were the attitudes that resulted in such a destructive invention? What prompted it to be used on a nation suspected to already be defeated?
By weaving together the voices ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Series
National Poetry Series
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820345642
SKU
V9780820345642
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About Cynthia Lowen
Cynthia Lowen has an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She was selected for inclusion in Best New Poets 2008 and is a recipient of the Campbell Corner Poetry Prize and a winner of the “Discovery”/Boston Review Poetry Contest. She served as a screenwriter and producer of the 2011 documentary Bully. Nikky Finney won the National Book ... Read more
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