The Neutron's Children - Nuclear Engineers and the Shaping of Identity (Hardcover)

The first nuclear engineers emerged from the Manhattan Project in the USA, UK and Canada, but remained hidden behind security for a further decade. Cosseted and cloistered by their governments, they worked to explore applications of atomic energy at a handful of national labs. This unique bottom-up history traces how the identities of these unusually voiceless experts - forming a uniquely state-managed discipline - were shaped in the context of pre-war nuclear physics, wartime industrial management, post-war politics and utopian energy programmes. Even after their eventual emergence at universities and companies, nuclear workers carried the enduring legacy of their origins. Their shared experiences shaped not only their identities, but our collective memories of the late twentieth century. And as illustrated by the Fukushima accident seven decades after the Manhattan project began, this book explains why they are still seen conflictingly as selfless heroes or as mistrusted guardians of a malevolent genie.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2012
First published:	May 2012
Authors:	Sean F. Johnston
Dimensions:	248 x 173 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	326
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-969211-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Atomic & molecular physics Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Nuclear structure physics Promotions
LSN:	0-19-969211-4
Barcode:	9780199692118

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