1.

Record Nr.

UNISOBSOBE00021703

Autore

Scott, Walter

Titolo

Ivanhoe / Walter Scott ; traduzione di Gaetano Barbieri ; precede uno studio di W. H. Prescott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Istituto Editoriale Italiano

Descrizione fisica

v. ; 18 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798972003321

Autore

Sullivan Neil J. <1948->

Titolo

The Prometheus bomb : the Manhattan Project and government in the dark / / Neil J. Sullivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln : , : Potomac Books, aAn imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-61234-892-0

1-61234-890-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations

Classificazione

HIS027100HIS036060

Disciplina

355.8/25119097309044

Soggetti

Atomic bomb - United States - History

Atomic bomb - Government policy - United States - History

Science and state - United States

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"During World War II, the lives of millions of Americans lay precariously



in the hands of a few brilliant scientists who raced to develop the first weapon of mass destruction. Elected officials gave the scientists free rein in the Manhattan Project without understanding the complexities and dangers involved in splitting the atom. The Manhattan Project was the first example of a new type of choice for congressmen, presidents, and other government officials: life and death on a national scale. From that moment, our government began fashioning public policy for issues of scientific development, discoveries, and inventions that could secure or threaten our existence and our future. But those same men and women had no training in such fields, did not understand the ramifications of the research, and relied on incomplete information to form potentially life-changing decisions. Through the story of the Manhattan Project, Neil J. Sullivan asks by what criteria the people in charge at the time made such critical decisions. He also ponders how similar judgments are reached today with similar incomprehension from those at the top as our society dives down the potential rabbit hole of bioengineering, nanotechnology, and scientific developments yet to come"--

3.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00493008

Autore

Sinclair, Keith V.

Titolo

The Melbourne Livy : a study of Bersuireʼs translation based on the manuscript in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria / K. V. Sinclair

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Victoria, : Melbourne University Press, 1961

Descrizione fisica

77 p., [1], 8 p. di tav. ; 22 cm.

Disciplina

875.09

Soggetti

Letteratura latina - Studi filologici

Tito Livio

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia