9780820345642 - The Cloud That Contained the Lightning: Poems (13 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Using the character of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, as a jumpingoff 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 of Oppenheimer, his wife and brother, hibakusha (Japanese for explosion-affected people), and the mythological figures of Cronos and his children, Lowen creates a dialogue out of a vacuum of communication and imagines the kind of exchanges that might have led to a different outcome than the tragedies at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And in an exploration of our tendency for selective amnesia, this collection asks a critical question: How quickly will the forgotten lessons of the past allow us to repeat the tragic chapters of our history? 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condizione: New. 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. . 2013. Paperback. . . . .

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Condizione: New. 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. . 2013. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Condizione: New. &Uumlber den AutorCYNTHIA 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 /.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Using the character of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the 'father of the atomic bomb,' as a jumpingoff 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 of Oppenheimer, his wife and brother, hibakusha (Japanese for 'explosion-affected people'), and the mythological figures of Cronos and his children, Lowen creates a dialogue out of a vacuum of communication and imagines the kind of exchanges that might have led to a different outcome than the tragedies at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And in an exploration of our tendency for selective amnesia, this collection asks a critical question: How quickly will the forgotten lessons of the past allow us to repeat the tragic chapters of our history.