James B. Conant : Harvard to Hiroshima and the making of the nuclear age / James G. Hershberg.
Publication details: New York : Knopf, c1993.Edition: 1st editionDescription: ix, 948 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0394579666 :
- Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978
- Harvard University -- Presidents -- Biography
- Educators -- United States -- Biography
- College presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Chemists -- United States -- Biography
- Atomic bomb -- United States -- History
- Science and state -- United States -- History
- Technology and state -- United States -- History
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
- 355.8251190937 22 HER
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CONTENT
1. Bound to be heard from as a scholar and a man
2. Something of a specialist
3. "A chemist's war" Conant and world war 1 1914-18
4. "A restless soul " professor of chemistry
5. "The challenge was simply not to be denied" Professor to the president
6. "Tyranny tempered by assassination"
7. "I believe that actions speak louder than words"
8. "A major push along the lines outlined"
9. This scientific delirium tremens
10. The international complications of s-1 Anglo-American atomic angst 1943
11. "Another experimental arrangement"
12. The animate scheme
13. Like the end of the world
14. My fingers are still crossed on the bomb
15. The only possible solution of a desperate problem
16. Making history: shaping Hiroshima's legacy 1945-47
17. "Back in the atomic harness" Building bombs again
18. The conant alternative
19. Secrecy and security
20. The finishing party
21.Cold war educator part I
22. Cold war educator part II
23. Cold war educator part III.
24. Over my body
Includes bibliographical references (p. 773-781) and index.
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