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

Canaday, John

ISBN 10: 0299168549 / ISBN 13: 9780299168544

Published by University of Wisconsin Press, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Nuclear Muse: Literature, Physics, and the First Atomic Bombs (Science and Literature)
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0299168549
• ISBN 13: 9780299168544
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 16 ounces

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.