Using the character of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the "father of the
atomic bomb," as a jumpingoff point, "The Cloud That Contained the
Lightning" explores the kinds of ethical choices we face as
individuals and as a society with respect to the innovations and
inventions we pursue. How are our fears, obsessions, prejudices,
and cultures manifested in the ways we apply new technologies, such
as the splitting of the atom? What were the attitudes that resulted
in such a destructive invention? What prompted it to be used on a
nation suspected to already be defeated?
By weaving together the voices of Oppenheimer, his wife and
brother, hibakusha (Japanese for "explosion-affected people"), and
the mythological figures of Cronos and his children, Lowen creates
a dialogue out of a vacuum of communication and imagines the kind
of exchanges that might have led to a different outcome than the
tragedies at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And in an exploration of our
tendency for selective amnesia, this collection asks a critical
question: How quickly will the forgotten lessons of the past allow
us to repeat the tragic chapters of our history?
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