The Resource Universe of two : a novel, Stephen P Kiernan
Universe of two : a novel, Stephen P Kiernan
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The item Universe of two : a novel, Stephen P Kiernan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Universe of two : a novel, Stephen P Kiernan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
- Summary
- "Graduating from Harvard at the height of World War II, brilliant mathematician Charlie Fish is assigned to the Manhattan Project. Working with some of the age's greatest scientific minds, including J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Leo Szilard, Charlie is assigned the task of designing and building the detonator of the atomic bomb. As he performs that work Charlie suffers a crisis of conscience, which his wife, Brenda--unaware of the true nature of Charlie's top-secret task--mistakes as self-doubt. She urges him to set aside his qualms and continue. Once the bombs strike Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the feelings of culpability devastate him and Brenda. At the war's end, Charlie receives a scholarship to pursue a PhD in physics at Stanford--an opportunity he and Brenda hope will allow them a fresh start. But the past proves inescapable. All any of his new colleagues can talk about is the bomb, and what greater atomic weapons might be on the horizon. Haunted by guilt, Charlie and Brenda leave Stanford and decide to dedicate the rest of their lives to making amends for the evil he helped to birth into the world. Based on the life of the actual mathematician Charles B. Fisk."--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 435 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062878441
- Label
- Universe of two : a novel
- Title
- Universe of two
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Stephen P Kiernan
- Title variation
- Universe of 2
- Subject
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- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Fiction
- Fisk, Charles B, 1925-1983 -- Fiction
- Guilt -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Husband and wife -- Fiction
- Atomic bomb
- Manhattan Project (U.S.) -- Fiction
- Mathematicians -- Fiction
- Novels
- United States
- Manhattan Project (U.S.)
- Atomic bomb -- United States -- History -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Graduating from Harvard at the height of World War II, brilliant mathematician Charlie Fish is assigned to the Manhattan Project. Working with some of the age's greatest scientific minds, including J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Leo Szilard, Charlie is assigned the task of designing and building the detonator of the atomic bomb. As he performs that work Charlie suffers a crisis of conscience, which his wife, Brenda--unaware of the true nature of Charlie's top-secret task--mistakes as self-doubt. She urges him to set aside his qualms and continue. Once the bombs strike Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the feelings of culpability devastate him and Brenda. At the war's end, Charlie receives a scholarship to pursue a PhD in physics at Stanford--an opportunity he and Brenda hope will allow them a fresh start. But the past proves inescapable. All any of his new colleagues can talk about is the bomb, and what greater atomic weapons might be on the horizon. Haunted by guilt, Charlie and Brenda leave Stanford and decide to dedicate the rest of their lives to making amends for the evil he helped to birth into the world. Based on the life of the actual mathematician Charles B. Fisk."--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kiernan, Stephen P
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3611.I4457
- LC item number
- U55 2020
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fisk, Charles B
- Manhattan Project (U.S.)
- Atomic bomb
- Mathematicians
- Husband and wife
- Guilt
- Manhattan Project (U.S.)
- Atomic bomb
- United States
- Label
- Universe of two : a novel, Stephen P Kiernan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1111781560
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 435 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062878441
- Lccn
- 2020017845
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- Universe of two : a novel, Stephen P Kiernan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1111781560
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 435 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062878441
- Lccn
- 2020017845
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Fiction
- Fisk, Charles B, 1925-1983 -- Fiction
- Guilt -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Husband and wife -- Fiction
- Atomic bomb
- Manhattan Project (U.S.) -- Fiction
- Mathematicians -- Fiction
- Novels
- United States
- Manhattan Project (U.S.)
- Atomic bomb -- United States -- History -- Fiction
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Cleveland Park LibraryBorrow it3310 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20008, US38.9338203 -77.05791820000002
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