Name: James b. Conant: Harvard to Hiroshima and the Making of the Nuclear age (Stanford Nuclear age Series) (en Inglés)
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Author: Hershberg, James G.
ISBN: 9780804726191

portada James b. Conant: Harvard to Hiroshima and the Making of the Nuclear age (Stanford Nuclear age Series) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

James G. Hershberg

Editorial

Stanford University Press

Año

1995

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

948

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

23.7 x 15.8 x 4.3 cm

Peso

1.22 kg.

ISBN13

9780804726191

Categorías

Biografías de personas históricas, políticos y soldados

James b. Conant: Harvard to Hiroshima and the Making of the Nuclear age (Stanford Nuclear age Series) (en Inglés)

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James B. Conant (1893-1978) was one of the giants of the American establishment in the twentieth century. President of Harvard University from 1933 to 1953, he was also a scientist who led the US government's effort to develop weapons of mass destruction, and his story mirrors the transition of the United States from isolationism to global superpower at the dawn of the nuclear age. 'This splendid portrait of Conant ... illuminates the life of a pivotal figure in the making of US nuclear, scientific, educational, and foreign policy for almost half a century. But the book is much more: it is not only an insightful narration of Conant's life, it is also a brilliant and important account of the making of the nuclear age, a chronicle that contains much that is new.' TheWashington Post 'The bomb would be as much Conant's as it was anyone's in government. His inner response to that burden of responsibility has long been obscured, but it is illumined here ... This is a model of historiography that is evocative reading.' The New York Times Book Review 'Vibrantly written and compelling, it breaches Conant's shield of public discretion in masterly fashion ...