I chose to analyze "Taking Hell's Measurements" by Scott C. Zeman. This article is written on the topic of the atomic bomb, and the pros and cons based on it. Two technology periodicals wrote extensively on the topic of the atomic bomb and were crucial in giving information to the general public. These two periodicals were Popular Science and Popular Mechanics. The periodicals opened a nationwide dialogue about the atomic bomb.
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Zeman, Scott C. ‘‘Taking Hell’s Measurements’’: Popular Science and Popular Mechanics Magazines and the Atomic Bomb from Hiroshima to Bikini. Accessed on September 6, 2009, on Journal of Popular Culture.
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What information did the articles provide? From my research, I found out at the beginning of World War II, Albert Einstein wrote to then President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Einstein and several other scientists told Roosevelt of efforts in Nazi Germany to purify uranium-235, which could be used to build an atomic bomb. At 5:29:45 on July 16, 1945, the atomic bomb was tested. This is my brief understanding of the atomic bomb. Did the articles state the types of scientific or technological data discovered while making the atomic bomb?
ReplyDeleteReading your chosen article, the key idea that I was left with was how discussions of scientific breakthroughs in popular culture help transform the opinions of society. I correlated the atomic bomb with stem cell research today. If the “splitting of the atom could unite the world,” what might these publications be saying today about stem cell research? I found in the article that I read for this assignment, that there seems to be a common belief among academia (one I think must be assumed to be accurate) that the “stories” told about a subject suggest values. It is the resulting discourse about these stories (both internal and with others) that helps organize our individual thoughts concerning the subject to shape our moral standards. I would here again point to my analogy of the atomic bomb and stem cell research. The inherent danger is that we as a society do not question these stories and have constructive dialog, but take them as reality.
ReplyDeleteWhat were the pros and cons of the atomic bomb? What else did the periodicals say about the atomic bomb?
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