Man of the hour: James B. Conant, warrior scientist
"The remarkable life of one of the most influential men of the greatest generation, James B. Conant...a savvy architect of the nuclear age and the Cold War...told by his granddaughter, New York Times bestselling author Jennet Conant. James Bryant Conant was a towering figure. He was at the cent...
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New York, ; London ; Toronto ; sydney ; New Delhi
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September 2017
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The remarkable life of one of the most influential men of the greatest generation, James B. Conant...a savvy architect of the nuclear age and the Cold War...told by his granddaughter, New York Times bestselling author Jennet Conant. James Bryant Conant was a towering figure. He was at the center of the mammoth threats and challenges of the twentieth century. As a young eminent chemist, he supervised the production of poison gas in WWI. As a controversial president of Harvard University, he was a champion of meritocracy and open admissions. As an advisor to FDR, he led the interventionist cause for US entrance in WWII. During that war, Conant was the administrative director of the Manhattan Project, oversaw the development of the atomic bomb and argued that it be used against the industrial city of Hiroshima in Japan. Later, he urged the Atomic Energy Commission to reject the hydrogen bomb, and devoted the rest of his life to campaigning for international control of atomic weapons. As Eisenhower's high commissioner to Germany, he helped to plan German recovery and was an architect of the United States' Cold War policy. Now New York Times bestselling author Jennet Conant recreates the cataclysmic events of the twentieth century as her grandfather James experienced them. She describes the guilt, fears, and sometimes regret of those who invented and deployed the bombs and the personal toll it took. From the White House to Los Alamos to Harvard University, Man of the Hour is based on hundreds of documents and diaries, interviews with Manhattan Projects scientists, Harvard colleagues, and Conant's friends and family, including her father, James B. Conant's son. This is a very intimate, up-close look at some of the most argued cases of modern times...among them the use of chemical weapons, the decision to drop the bomb, Oppenheimer's fate, the politics of post-war Germany and the Cold War...the repercussions of which are still affecting our world today"... "The remarkable life of one of the most influential men of the greatest generation, James B. Conant...a savvy architect of the nuclear age and the Cold War...told by his granddaughter, New York Times bestselling author Jennet Conant. James Bryant Conant was a towering figure. He was at the center of the mammoth threats and challenges of the twentieth century. As a young eminent chemist, he supervised the production of poison gas in WWI. As a controversial president of Harvard University, he was a champion of meritocracy and open admissions. As an advisor to FDR, he led the interventionist cause for US entrance in WWII. During that war, Conant was the administrative director of the Manhattan Project, oversaw the development of the atomic bomb and argued that it be used against the industrial city of Hiroshima in Japan. Later, he urged the Atomic Energy Commission to reject the hydrogen bomb, and devoted the rest of his life to campaigning for international control of atomic weapons. Now New York Times bestselling author Jennet Conant recreates the cataclysmic events of the twentieth century as her grandfather James experienced them. She describes the guilt, fears, and sometimes regret of those who invented and deployed the bombs and the personal toll it took. From the White House to Los Alamos to Harvard University, Man of the Hour is based on hundreds of documents and diaries, interviews with Manhattan Projects scientists, Harvard colleagues, and Conant's friends and family, including her father, James B. Conant's son. This is a very intimate, up-close look at some of the most argued cases of modern times, the repercussions of which are still affecting our world today"... |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | X, 587 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781476730882 |
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| title_sort | man of the hour james b conant warrior scientist |
| title_sub | James B. Conant, warrior scientist |
| topic | Conant, James Bryant 1893-1978 Conant, James Bryant 1893-1978 (DE-588)118669850 gnd Manhattan Project (U.S.) History BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political / bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology / bisacsh HISTORY / United States / 20th Century / bisacsh Educators United States Biography College presidents United States Biography Chemists United States Biography Atomic bomb United States History Cold War Decision making History Science and state United States History Technology and state United States History BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology HISTORY / United States / 20th Century |
| topic_facet | Conant, James Bryant 1893-1978 Manhattan Project (U.S.) History BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political / bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology / bisacsh HISTORY / United States / 20th Century / bisacsh Educators United States Biography College presidents United States Biography Chemists United States Biography Atomic bomb United States History Cold War Decision making History Science and state United States History Technology and state United States History BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology HISTORY / United States / 20th Century United States Foreign relations 20th century Biografie |
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