The Nuclear Muse
Literature, Physics, and the First Atomic Bombs (Science and Literature)
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Word Count
85,000 words, Guess
Page Count
340 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivenuclearmuseliter0000cana
- ISBN-100299168549
- ISBN-139780299168544
- Goodreads600116
- LibraryThing2751290
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- Library of Congress Control Number99052229
- OCLC Control Number42667913
- Better World Books9780299168544
- Open LibraryOL10317052M
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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