In the shadow of the bomb : Oppenheimer, Bethe, and the moral responsibility of the scientist
In the Shadow of the Bomb narrates how two charismatic, exceptionally talented physicists--J. Robert Oppenheimer and Hans A. Bethe--came to terms with the nuclear weapons they helped to create. In 1945, the United States dropped the bomb, and physicists were forced to contemplate disquieting questions about their roles and responsibilities. When the Cold War followed, they were confronted with political demands for their loyalty and McCarthyism's threats to academic freedom. By examining how Oppenheimer and Bethe--two men with similar backgrounds but divergent aspirations and charac
eBook, English, 2000
Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2000
Biography
1 online resource (279 pages) : illustrations
9781400849499, 9780691049892, 9780691127859, 1400849497, 0691049890, 0691127859
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Introduction
What is enlightenment?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Hans Bethe
Challenge of McCarthyism
Nuclear weapons
On science and society
Notes to the chapters