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The Nuclear Muse: Literature, Physics, and the First Atomic Bombs
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Hardcover
from Univ of Wisconsin Pr (October 1, 2000)
9780299168506 | details & prices | 310 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $22.95
About: John Canaday analyzes a variety of texts produced by physicists before, during, and after the Second World War, including Niels Bohrâs "The Quantum Postulate"; the Blegdamsvej Faust, a parody of Goetheâs Faust that cast physicists as its principle characters; The Los Alamos Primer, the technical lectures used for training at Los Alamos; scientistsâ descriptions of their work and of the Trinity test; and Leo Szilardâs post-war novella, The Voice of the Dolphins.
About: John Canaday analyzes a variety of texts produced by physicists before, during, and after the Second World War, including Niels Bohrâs "The Quantum Postulate"; the Blegdamsvej Faust, a parody of Goetheâs Faust that cast physicists as its principle characters; The Los Alamos Primer, the technical lectures used for training at Los Alamos; scientistsâ descriptions of their work and of the Trinity test; and Leo Szilardâs post-war novella, The Voice of the Dolphins.
Paperback
from Univ of Wisconsin Pr (October 1, 2000)
9780299168544 | details & prices | 310 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $24.95