عنوان

Uncommon sense

شابک

1468467352

شابک

1468467379

شابک

9781468467352

شابک

9781468467376

شماره

b558101

عنوان اصلي

Uncommon sense

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

J. Robert Oppenheimer ; by N. Metropolis, Gian-Carlo Rota, and David Sharp, editors.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Cambridge, Mass.

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Birkhäuser Boston

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©1984.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

(ix, 195 pages) : illustrations

متن يادداشت

1 Travelling to a Land We Cannot See --;2 The Open Mind --;3 Science in Being, Research and the Liberal University --;4 The Consequences of Action --;5 I. Uncommon Sense --;II. An Open House --;6 Prospects in the Arts and Sciences --;7 An Inward Look --;8 Tradition and Discovery --;9 Progress in Freedom --;10 On Science and Culture --;11 The Power to Act The Scientific Revolution and its Effects on Democratic Institutions --;12 A World Without War --;13 L'Intime et le Comun --;the Intimate and the Open --;14 To Live with Ourselves --;15 Physics and Man's Understanding, For the Smithsonian Institution Bicentennial --;16 A Time in Need --;Acknowledgements and Bibliography.

متن يادداشت

I think that we will not be very successful in discouraging other power from this course [of a nuclear military program] unless we show, by our own example and conviction, that we regard nuclear armament as a transitory, dangerous, and degrading phase of the worlds history These words could have been said today; that they were said more than twenty years ago, by one of the "fathers" of the atom bomb, gives them even greater impact. J. Robert Oppenheimer, a leading physicist in the Manhattan Project, recognized that scientific inquiry and discovery could no longer be separated from their effect on political decision-making, social responsibility, and human endeavor in general. He openly addressed issues of common concern and as a scientist accepted the responsibility brought about by nuclear physics. This collection of essays and speeches, only a few of which have been previously published, presents an extraordinary thinker and scientist as well as a compassionate human being. No issue is too small or too large if it is in some way connected to the emergence of a weapon as terrible and powerful as the atom bomb. Oppenheimer discusses the shift in scientific awareness and its impact on education, the question of openness in a society forced to keep secrets, the conflict between individual concerns and public and political necessity, the future of science and its effects on future politics---in short, the common and uncommon sense we find in our modern day reality. Uncommon Sense presents a responsible scientist and a concerned man who foresaw the problems the discovery of fission would create. And we should no neglect to read between the lines: The peak of Oppenheimers career coincided with the McCarthy era, the repercussions of which strongly affected his personal and professional life. The themes of openness and freedom becomes, therefore, recurring concerns in this collection of essays and speeches.

موضوع مستند نشده

Philosophy.

موضوع مستند نشده

Science -- United States -- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

J. Robert Oppenheimer ; by N. Metropolis, Gian-Carlo Rota, and David Sharp, editors.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

D H Sharp

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Gian-Carlo Rota

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

J Robert Oppenheimer

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

N Metropolis

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y