Author

Publication

2000-08-24 - University of Wisconsin Press

Language

English

Word Count

85,000 words, Guess

Page Count

340 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • LCCQC791.96 .C36 2000
  • LCCQC791.96.C36 2000

Description

"John Canaday analyzes a variety of texts produced by physicists before, during, and after the Second World War, including Niels Bohr's "The Quantum Postulate"; the Blegdamsvej Faust, a parody of Goethe's Faust that cast physicists as its principle characters; The Los Alamos Primer, the technical lectures used for training at Los Alamos; scientists' descriptions of their work and of the Trinity test; and Leo Szilard's post-war novella, The Voice of the Dolphins." -- Publisher's description

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Other Editions

  • The Nuclear Muse: Literature, Physics, and the First Atomic Bombs (Science and Literature)PaperbackUniversity of Wisconsin Press2000-08-24

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