The Theatre of Nuclear Science: Weapons, Power, and the Scientists Behind it All

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: The Nuclear Stage
• 0.1 Seeing Science as a Part of Culture, Us, and I
• 0.2 Using Phenomenology
• 0.3 History in the Making
• Chapter One: A Matter of Time
• Copenhagen's Uncertainty of Time and Truth
• Time Off Stage, Time On Stage
• Exploring Nuclear Science Museums: Timelines, Space, and Place
• Conclusion: A Tense Time
• Chapter Two: The Power of a Human
• 2.1 In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Scientist on Trial
• 2.2 Embodiment on Stage and of History
• 2.3 Reykjavik and the Negotiations for all Humankind
• 2.4 Conclusion: Human Perspective
• Chapter Three: Doomful Disaster and Responsibility
• 3.1 The Children and the Question of Guilt
• 3.2 The Phenomenology of Doom on Stage and Ethical Responses
• 3.3 Illuminating Invisible Dangers and Deciding Responsibility in Chernobyl
• 3.4 Conclusion: Power Problems
• Chapter Four: The Limits of Reason
• 4.1 End of the World and Logical Loopholes
• 4.2 The Impossible Humor of Nuclear Weapons
• 4.3 The Physicists and Sensible Absurdity
• 4.4 Conclusion: The Last Laugh
• Chapter Five: Future Imaginings
• 5.1 Possibilities on Stage: Three Plays that Look Ahead
• 5.2 Visions of the Future on Stage
• 5.3 Conclusion: Tethered to the Future
• Conclusion: An Ending Untold
• Index