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

By John Canaday

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299168549
• ISBN13: 9780299168544
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"