TY - BOOK AU - Hershberg,James G. TI - James B. Conant: Harvard to Hiroshima and the making of the nuclear age SN - 0394579666 : U1 - 355.8251190937 22 PY - 1993/// CY - New York PB - Knopf KW - Conant, James Bryant, KW - Harvard University KW - Presidents KW - Biography KW - Educators KW - United States KW - College presidents KW - Chemists KW - Atomic bomb KW - History KW - Science and state KW - Technology and state KW - Foreign relations KW - 20th century N1 - 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 ER -