The Nuclear Muse: Literature, Physics, and the First Atomic Bombs - Brossura

Canaday, John

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ISBN 10: 0299168549 ISBN 13: 9780299168544

Casa editrice: Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 2000

Riassunto

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.

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Informazioni sull'autore

John Canaday is a prize-winning poet and playwright who has been a Watson Fellow and the Starbuck Fellow in Poetry at Boston University. He tutors students in literature, writing, history, mathematics, and physics.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Wisconsin Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0299168549
• ISBN 13: 9780299168544
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 310
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile