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Oppenheimer, Bethe, and the moral responsibility of the scientist

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In the shadow of the bomb
S. S. Schweber
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An edition of In the shadow of the bomb (2000)

In the shadow of the bomb

Oppenheimer, Bethe, and the moral responsibility of the scientist

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"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 Bethe and Oppenheimer - two men with similar backgrounds but divergent aspirations and characters - struggled with these moral dilemmas, one of our foremost historians of physics tells the story of modern physics, the development of atomic weapons, and the Cold War."--BOOK JACKET.

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Princeton University Press
Language
English
Pages
260

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Subjects
Atomic bomb, Nuclear physicists, Biography, Moral and ethical aspects of Atomic bomb, Oppenheimer, j. robert, 1904-1967, Bethe, hans albrech, 1906-2005, Atomic bomb, moral and ethical aspects, Physicists, biography, Moral and ethical aspects
People
Hans A. Bethe (1906-2005), Hans Albrecht Bethe (1906-), J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967)
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United States

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-255) and index.

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Princeton, N.J, Woodstock
Series
Princeton series in physics
Genre
Biography.

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Library of Congress
QC774.O56S32 2007

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260 p., [8] p. of plates :cm.
Number of pages
260

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OL18848127M
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0691127859
ISBN 13
9780691127859
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1300811
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905416

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