LEADER 04957nam 2200709 450 001 9910807837703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-691-04989-0 010 $a1-4008-4949-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400849499 035 $a(CKB)2550000001136165 035 $a(EBL)1441377 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001173987 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11707249 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001173987 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11105991 035 $a(PQKB)10250934 035 $a(OCoLC)868971191 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37222 035 $a(DE-B1597)447093 035 $a(OCoLC)861199662 035 $a(OCoLC)979910999 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400849499 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1441377 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10783689 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL535868 035 $a(OCoLC)862379060 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1441377 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001136165 100 $a19991008h20002000 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn the shadow of the bomb $eOppenheimer, Bethe, and the moral responsibility of the scientist /$fS.S. Schweber 205 $aCore Textbook 210 1$aPrinceton, New Jersey :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2000] 210 4$dİ2000 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 225 0 $aPrinceton Series in Physics ;$v39 225 0$aPrinceton series in physics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12785-9 311 $a1-306-04617-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. What is Enlightenment? -- $t2. J. Robert Oppenheimer -- $t3. Hans Bethe -- $t4. The Challenge of Mccarthyism -- $t5. Nuclear Weapons -- $t6. On Science and Society -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes to the Chapters -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 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 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. Oppenheimer and Bethe led parallel lives. Both received liberal educations that emphasized moral as well as intellectual growth. Both were outstanding theoreticians who worked on the atom bomb at Los Alamos. Both advised the government on nuclear issues, and both resisted the development of the hydrogen bomb. Both were, in their youth, sympathetic to liberal causes, and both were later called to defend the United States against Soviet communism and colleagues against anti-Communist crusaders. Finally, both prized scientific community as a salve to the apparent failure of Enlightenment values. Yet, their responses to the use of the atom bomb, the testing of the hydrogen bomb, and the treachery of domestic politics differed markedly. Bethe, who drew confidence from scientific achievement and integration into the physics community, preserved a deep integrity. By accepting a modest role, he continued to influence policy and contributed to the nuclear test ban treaty of 1963. In contrast, Oppenheimer first embodied a new scientific persona--the scientist who creates knowledge and technology affecting all humanity and boldly addresses their impact--and then could not carry its burden. His desire to retain insider status, combined with his isolation from creative work and collegial scientific community, led him to compromise principles and, ironically, to lose prestige and fall victim to other insiders. Schweber draws on his vast knowledge of science and its history--in addition to his unique access to the personalities involved--to tell a tale of two men that will enthrall readers interested in science, history, and the lives and minds of great thinkers. 410 0$aPrinceton Series in Physics 606 $aAtomic bomb$xMoral and ethical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aNuclear physicists$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aAtomic bomb$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aNuclear physicists 676 $a172/.422 700 $aSchweber$b S. S$g(Silvan S.)$045255 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807837703321 996 $aIn the shadow of the bomb$93931848 997 $aUNINA