Anticipating the atom : popular perceptions of atomic power before Hiroshima /
a dark side to the new science, that, along with the
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1994.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | a dark side to the new science, that, along with the been discussed in the public forum. The new science of X- Before Hiroshima made the Bomb an object of popular concern, bombardment experiments, sobered attitudes toward the ever- brought about censorship. Popular entertainment through 1945 centered on the feasibility of atomic disintegration as an culture imagery, including motion pictures and comic book Curies in Paris, and, in Italy, Enrico Fenni's neutron development of artificial radioactive isotopes by the Jollot- energy and the transmutation of elements in the two decades energy source and the many uses of radium. The 1927 case of English language fiction as early as 1895, as did discussions finally split the atom in 1938, it opened the way to the flurry of newspaper and magazine articles before World War 11 for compensation after contracting radium poisoning, revealed increasing probability of atomic power. When Otto Hahn leading up to World War 1. During the twenties, as scientific method struggled to keep pace with atomic theory, discussion of the social implications of the new science. Such popular possible implications and applications of atomic physics had practical industrial use of atomic fission, and stimulated a provide insight into the popular perceptions at the time, and public awareness. Atomic themes and motifs appeared in rays and radium promised the possibilities of unlimited reflects the extent to which atomic power had entered the superheroes, that presented the atom to mass audiences the New Jersey Radium Dial Painters, who sued their employers to the shaping of attitudes toward the Bomb after Hiroshima. |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: History". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | iv, 125 leaves ; 28 cm. Also available online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |