The Nuclear Muse: Literature, Physics, and the First Atomic Bombs (Science and Literature Series) - Softcover

John Canaday analyzes a variety of texts produced by physicists before, during, and after the Second World War, including Niels Bohr&;s "The Quantum Postulate"; the Blegdamsvej Faust, a parody of Goethe&;s Faust that cast physicists as its principle characters; The Los Alamos Primer, the technical lectures used for training at Los Alamos; scientists&; descriptions of their work and of the Trinity test; and Leo Szilard&;s post-war novella, The Voice of the Dolphins.