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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aNolan Jr., James L.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aAtomic Doctors /
_cJames L. Nolan Jr.
264 1 _aCambridge, MA :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c[2020]
264 4 _c©2020
300 _a1 online resource (304 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tIntroduction --
_t1 Life at Los Alamos --
_t2 The Trinity Test --
_t3 Delivering Little Boy --
_t4 Hiroshima --
_t5 Tokyo and Nagasaki --
_t6 Managing Radiation and the Radiation Narrative --
_t7 Bikini and Enewetak --
_t8 Dr. Nolan and the Quandary of Technique --
_t9 1983 --
_tNotes --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIllustration Credits --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aAn unflinching examination of the moral and professional dilemmas faced by physicians who took part in the Manhattan Project.After his father died, James L. Nolan, Jr., took possession of a box of private family materials. To his surprise, the small secret archive contained a treasure trove of information about his grandfather’s role as a doctor in the Manhattan Project. Dr. Nolan, it turned out, had been a significant figure. A talented ob-gyn radiologist, he cared for the scientists on the project, organized safety and evacuation plans for the Trinity test at Alamogordo, escorted the “Little Boy” bomb from Los Alamos to the Pacific Islands, and was one of the first Americans to enter the irradiated ruins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.Participation on the project challenged Dr. Nolan’s instincts as a healer. He and his medical colleagues were often conflicted, torn between their duty and desire to win the war and their oaths to protect life. Atomic Doctors follows these physicians as they sought to maximize the health and safety of those exposed to nuclear radiation, all the while serving leaders determined to minimize delays and maintain secrecy. Called upon both to guard against the harmful effects of radiation and to downplay its hazards, doctors struggled with the ethics of ending the deadliest of all wars using the most lethal of all weapons. Their work became a very human drama of ideals, co-optation, and complicity.A vital and vivid account of a largely unknown chapter in atomic history, Atomic Doctors is a profound meditation on the moral dilemmas that ordinary people face in extraordinary times.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)
650 0 _aAtomic bomb
_zJapan
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aAtomic bomb
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aMedical ethics
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aNolan, James F.,-1915-1983.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Military / World War II.
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653 _aBikini Island.
653 _aEnewetak Island.
653 _aEnola Gay.
653 _aFat Man.
653 _aJames F. Nolan.
653 _aLos Alamos.
653 _aLouis Hempelmann.
653 _aMarshall Islands.
653 _aOperation Crossroads.
653 _aPlutonium Files.
653 _aPlutonium injections.
653 _aSite Y.
653 _aStafford Warren.
653 _aTakashi Nagai.
653 _aTickling the dragon’s tail.
653 _aUSS Indianapolis.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.4159/9780674249448?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674249448
856 4 2 _3Cover
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999 _c190915
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