Reading and Schedule for Making the Bomb


This will change. Check back often.

Please also see the list of assignments and due dates.

For the reading for Rhodes, two questions we'll consider frequently are:

  1. Why do you think Rhodes includes what he does in each chapter?
  2. What did you think was the most interesting and/or important thing from the reading, and why?
Class Date Reading Comments
1 Monday, March 31 No Reading
2 Thursday, April 3 Rhodes, Chapters 1-3

3 Monday, April 7 Rhodes, Chapters 4-7
4 Thursday, April 10 Rhodes, Chapters 8-9
5 Monday, April 14 Wolfson, Nuclear Choices. pp. 15-48, or Hewitt, Conceptual Physics. pp. 582-586, 595-610, 619-625. On reserve in the library.
6 Thursday, April 17 Rhodes, Chapters 10-11
7 Monday, April 21 Rhodes, Chapters 12-14
8 Thursday, April 24 Rhodes, Chapters 15, 16
9 Monday, April 28 No reading. Meet at 12:50 in the lecture hall to see "The Day After Trinity"
10 Thursday, May 1 Rhodes, Chapters 17,18 Chris, Emily, Matt, Tom facilitate discussion
11 Monday, May 5 Hedges, Intro, Chapters 1-2. Deann, Katrina, Megan, Sabrina lead discussion
12 Thursday, May 8 Hedges, Chapters 4-7 Prepare for Chris Hedges visit
12.5 Friday, May 9 Chris Hedges Lecture 7:00 pm, Gates Meeting Hall
13 Monday, May 12 Rhodes, Chapter 19 Nate, Tom P., Jen J. lead discussion
14 Thursday, May 15 Rhodes, Epilogue
15 Monday, May 19 Boyer, Chapters 1, 2 Nishad, Diana, Deodonne, Arber facilitate discussion
16 Thursday, May 22 All: Boyer, Chapters 10, 11. Read on of the following: Boyer, Chapters 13, 20, 21, 24, 25.
17 Monday, May 26 All: Kenazburo Oe, "The Unsurrendered People", John Rawls, "Fifty Years After Hiroshima". Read One of the following: Tamiki Hara, Summer Flower", Hideko Tamura Snider, "Hiroshima Memories", Takashi Hiraoka & Hitoshi Motoshima, "Beyond the Ashes".
18 Thursday, May 29 Introduction to Hiroshima's Shadow: "The Legend of Hiroshima", Lawrence Lifschultz and Kai Bird. Anne, Jen W., Hillah, Eli facilitate discussion
19 Monday, June 2 Crouch, "Debating the Responsibilities of Plant Scientists in the Decade of the Environment". Oppenheimer's farewell speech. Dan Amit and Physical Rev. E, Joseph Rotblatt, "A Social Conscience for the Nuclear Age," Preface to Hiroshima's Shadow.
20 Thursday, June 5


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