Name: The Life and Science of Harold c. Urey (Synthesis) (en Inglés)
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Author: Matthew Shindell
ISBN: 9780226662084

portada The Life and Science of Harold c. Urey (Synthesis) (en Inglés)

The Life and Science of Harold c. Urey (Synthesis) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

The University Of Chicago Press

Autor

Matthew Shindell

Año

2019

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

248

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9780226662084

N° edición

Categorías

Estados unidos de américa
Siglo xx, c. 1900-c. 1999
Historia de américa

The Life and Science of Harold c. Urey (Synthesis) (en Inglés)

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Harold C. Urey (1893–1981), whose discoveries lie at the foundation of modern science, was one of the most famous American scientists of the twentieth century. Born in rural Indiana, his evolution from small-town farm boy to scientific celebrity made him a symbol and spokesman for American scientific authority. Because he rose to fame alongside the prestige of American science, the story of his life reflects broader changes in the social and intellectual landscape of twentieth-century America. In this, the first ever biography of the chemist, Matthew Shindell shines new light on Urey’s struggles and achievements in a thoughtful exploration of the science, politics, and society of the Cold War era. From Urey’s orthodox religious upbringing to his death in 1981, Shindell follows the scientist through nearly a century of American history: his discovery of deuterium and heavy water earned him the Nobel Prize in 1934, his work on the Manhattan Project helped usher in the atomic age, he initiated a generation of American scientists into the world of quantum physics and chemistry, and he took on the origin of the Moon in NASA’s lunar exploration program. Despite his success, however, Urey had difficulty navigating the nuclear age. In later years he lived in the shadow of the bomb he helped create, plagued by the uncertainties unleashed by the rise of American science and unable to reconcile the consequences of scientific progress with the morality of religion. Tracing Urey’s life through two world wars and the Cold War not only conveys the complex historical relationship between science and religion in the twentieth century, but it also illustrates how these complexities spilled over into the early days of space science. More than a life story, this book immerses readers in the trials and triumphs of an extraordinary man and his extraordinary times.