In the Shadow of the Bomb Oppenheimer, Bethe, And the Moral Responsibility of the Scientist

"Schweber deals with the political involvements and ethical responsibilities of physicists in and after World War II in a new way and takes up themes and events that have not been dealt with in detail, or at all, in other works. The book is a study in parallel lives, and, as Schweber points out, there are just enough of both similarities and differences in the backgrounds of Oppenheimer and Bethe to make a comparison of their almost-parallel lives meaningful and rewarding. I consider the work to be important as well as very readable."--Helge Kragh, author ofQuantum GenerationsSchweber, Silvan S. is the author of 'In the Shadow of the Bomb Oppenheimer, Bethe, And the Moral Responsibility of the Scientist', published 2006 under ISBN 9780691127859 and ISBN 0691127859.