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

by John Canaday

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.

340 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2000

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[Jilly]

03/25/07