13. Aspects of the Atomic Age, 1945-1988.
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Moral, Religious, Philosophical and Psycho-Social aspects of the Atomic Age
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| 2635 ALLERS, ULRICH S. & WILLIAM V. O'BRIEN, Editors. Christian Ethics and Nuclear Warfare. A compendium of papers presented to the Second Annual Conference on Christian Political and Social Thought, July 10-21, 1961.
188 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University. 1963
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| 2636 AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION. Psychosocial Aspects of Nuclear Developments. Rita R. Rogers, M.D., Chairperson. 96 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Washington: APA. 1982
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| 2637 BENNETT, JOHN C., Editor. Nuclear Weapons and the Conflict of Conscience. 191 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Scribner's. 1962
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| 2638 BOLLEN, PETER, Editor & Compiler. Nuclear Voices. A Book of Quotations and Perspectives. 237 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Lynnfield, Mass.: Highland/Hillside
Books. 1986
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| 2639 BOYER, PAUL. By the Bomb's Early Light. American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age. 440 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
New York: Pantheon. 1985
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| 2640 CHESNUT, D. LEE. The Atom Speaks - and Echoes the Word of God. Illustrated, including art work by Leech Illustrators. 232 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Grand Rapids; Wm.
B. Eerdmans. 1951
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Attempts to relate the atomic age to Biblical text.
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| 2641 CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NEW YORK. Public Reaction to the Atomic Bomb and World Affairs. A Nation-wide Survey of Attitudes and Information. 310 pages. Mimeographed typescript. 4to, printed wrappers. Ithaca: Cornell
University. April 1947
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The most extensive survey of public attitudes toward the atomic bomb in post-war U.S. Prepared by Richard S. Crutchfield,
Angus Campbell, Sylvia Eberhart & Patricia Woodward.
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| 2642 DE HAAN, M.R., M.D. The Atomic Bomb in Prophecy. An Examination of Scripture Passages Dealing with the Devastation of the Earth in the Day of the Lord. Will It Be By Atomic
Explosions? Four Radio Sermons. 27 pages. 12mo, printed wrappers. Grand Rapids: Radio Bible Class. circa 1955
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| 2643 DELUCE, ROBERT. "The Next World War." IN: Borderline. The Magazine which Dares the Unknown, Volume 1, Number 1. 130 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers.
Los Angeles: Borderline. September 1964
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The Author uses astrology to predict a future nuclear world war, based on the horoscope cast for Hiroshima, August 6, 1945,
8:15 AM.
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| 2644 DRESSNER, SAMUEL H. God, Man and Atomic War. Preface by Admiral Lewis L. Strauss. 230 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Living Books. 1966
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The Author is a noted conservative Jewish theologian.
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| 2645 ESCALONA, SIBYLLE. Children and the Threat of Nuclear War. 28 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. New York: Child Study Association. 1962
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| 2646 FABER, MIENT JAN, et al. Zes jaar IKV-campagne. 167 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Amersfoort: De Horstink. 1983
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History of the Interfaith Peace Council's anti-nuclear weaponry campaigns, 1977-1983.
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| 2647 FISHER, BURTON R., CHARLES A. METZNER & BENJAMIN J. DARSKY. Public Response to Peacetime Uses of Atomic Energy. A Study of People Reactions and Information Based on a Sample Interview Survey in Comparable Communities with and without
Major Atomic Energy Activities. 2 volumes. 119; 176 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Ann Arbor: U. of Michigan Survey Research
Center. 1951
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| 2648 FROMM, ERICH. War Within Man. A Psychological Enquiry into the Roots of Destructiveness. 56 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. Philadelphia: AFSC. 1963
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Commentary by Thomas Merton, Paul J. Tillich, Pitirim A. Sorokin, et al. From the Beyond Deterrence series.
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| 2649 GLENDINNING, CHELLIS. Waking Up in the Nuclear Age. The Book of Nuclear Therapy. 237 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Beech Tree Books. 1987
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| 2650 GREEN, PAUL. The University in a Nuclear Age. 28 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Chapel Hill: U. of Carolina, University Day. October 12, 1963
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| 2651 GREENWALD, DAVID S. & STEVEN J. ZEITLIN. No Reason to Talk About It. Families Confront the Nuclear Taboo. 226 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Norton. 1987
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| 2652 GRINSPOON, LESTER, Editor. The Long Darkness. Psychological and Moral Perspectives on Nuclear Winter. 213 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New Haven:
Yale. 1986
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| 2653 HAGEDORN, HERMANN. The Bomb that Fell on America. New Revised Edition. 77 pages. 8vo, decorative cloth, dust jacket, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION THUS. New York: Association
Press. 1950
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In this edition, Part III is completely rewritten. "An earnest plea in verse for the assertion of Christian values in the
new atomic age." -Brians, p. 210.
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| 2654 HAYNES, CARLYLE B. When God Splits the Atom. An Explanation of the Meaning of the Discovery and the Principles of Nuclear Fission in the Light of the Ancient Prophecies
of the Bible. 94 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Nashville: The Southern Publishing Association. 1946
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| 2655 HESLEP, CHARTER. Some Aspects of the Impact of the Nuclear Age in the United States. Mimeographed typescript. 6 pages. 4to, unbound, stapled. Paris. 16 September 1958
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Comprises an informal working paper presented at the Expert Meeting on the Social and Moral Implications of the Peaceful Uses
of Atomic Energy, Unesco House, Paris, 15-19 September 1958.
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| 2656 HODGSON, PETER E. Nuclear Physics in Peace and War. 156 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Hawthorn Books. 1961
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Comprises Volume 128 of the Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism.
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| 2657 IKLE, FRED CHARLES. The Social Impact of Bomb Destruction. 250 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Norman: U. of Oklahoma Press. 1958
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Includes much on the bombing of Hiroshma and Nagasaki.
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| 2658 JASPERS, KARL. Die Atombombe und die Zukunft des Menschen. Ein Radiovortrag. 27 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. Muenchen: Piper Verlag. 1957
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Text of a 1956 radio address by Jaspers.
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| 2659 JASPERS, KARL. The Future of Mankind. Translated by E.B. Ashton. 342 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. University of Chicago Press. 1961
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| 2660 KNOX, R.A. God and the Atom. 166 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Sheed & Ward. 1945
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A Catholic theologian explores the moral dilemma of Hiroshima and atomic weapons in general.
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| 2661 LANG, DANIEL. From Hiroshima to the Moon. Chronicles of Life in the Atomic Age. 496 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1959
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| 2662 LANG, DANIEL. From Hiroshima to the Moon. 543 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: Dell. 1961
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| 2663 LEPRINCE-RINGUET, LOUIS. Atoms and Men. Translated by Elaine P. Halperin. 118 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1961
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Thoughtful essays on the role of the Christian researcher in the Atomic Age.
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| 2664 LIFTON, ROBERT JAY & RICHARD FALK. Indefensible Weapons. The Political and Psychological Case Against Nuclearism. 301 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Basic
Books. 1982
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| 2665 LOEB, PAUL. Nuclear Culture. Living and Working in the World's Largest Atomic Complex. 255 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Coward,
McCann. 1982
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Amusing look at the culture of modern day workers at the Hanford plant.
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| 2666 LONG, EDWARD LEROY, JR. The Christian Response to the Atomic Crisis. 112 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Philadelphia: Westminster Press. 1950
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| 2667 MICHIGAN. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. Nuclear Science in the Classroom. A Handbook for Teachers. 205 pages. Illustrated. 4to, pictorial wrappers with a view of the mushroom cloud from the "Ivy"
test on cover. Lansing: Dept. of Public Instruction. 1957
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| 2668 MOJTABAI, A.G. Blessed Assurance. At Home with the Bomb in Amarillo, Texas. 255 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1986
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| 2669 THE MORAL DILEMMA OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Essays from Worldview. A Journal of Religion and International Affairs. William Clancy, Editor. 78 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. New York: Council
on Religion and International Affairs. 1961
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| 2670 MORLEY, FELIX. The Return to Nothingness. 4 pages. 4to, printed self-wrappers, stapled. Washington, D.C.: Human Events. August 29, 1945
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A thoughtful analysis of the moral aspects of the bombing of Hiroshima. Comprises Human Events. A Weekly Analysis for the
American Citizen, Vol. II, No. 25. This is a mimeographed "little magazine," doubtless of very limited distribution.
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| 2671 NAHEM, JOSEPH. "Bertrand Russell: A-Bomb Philosopher." IN: Masses & Mainstream, Vol. 4, No. 1. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Masses & Mainstream. January 1951
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Denunciation of Russell for his call for an A-Bomb war against the Soviet Union in 1948.
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| 2672 NUCLEAR RIGHTS/NUCLEAR WRONGS. Edited by Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller Jr., Jeffrey Paul & John Ahrens. 222 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
(Oxford): Blackwell for the Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University. 1986
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| 2673 PHILBERTH, BERNHARD. Christliche Prophetie und Nuklearenergie. 126 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. Wuppertal: Brockhaus. 1968
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| 2674 PUIG, IGNACIO, S.I. Como y Cuando Acabara el Mundo? 225 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Barcelona: Ediciones Betis. 1958
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Collection of scenarios for the Apocalypse, including a vision of nuclear war (pp. 172-221).
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| 2675 REID, CHARLES J., JR., Editor. Peace in a Nuclear Age. The Bishops' Pastoral Letter in Perspective. 426 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Washington, D.C.: Catholic
University. 1986
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| 2676 RUSSELL, BERTRAND. Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare. 93 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. London: Allen & Unwin. 1959
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| 2677 RUSSELL, BERTRAND. Has Man a Future? 128 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1962
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| 2678 RUSSELL, BERTRAND. History of the World in Epitome (For use in Martian infant schools). Drawings by Franciszka Themerson. 8 leaves. 12mo, printed gold wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
(London: Gaberbocchus Press). 1962
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SIGNED BY RUSSELL. Issued in celebration of Russell's 90th birthday.
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| 2679 RUSSELL, BERTRAND. Man's Duel with the H Bomb. 8 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial self-wrappers. New York: War Resisters League. 1953
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Originally published in The Saturday Review.
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| 2680 SABINE, PAUL E. Atoms, Men and God. 226 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Philosophical Library. 1953
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| 2681 SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL. "H-Bomb. Weapon Against History." IN: Masses & Mainstream, Vol. 7, No. 8. 8vo, printed wrappers. New York: Masses & Mainstream. August 1954
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Speech delivered at a meeting of the World Peace Council.
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| 2682 SILLS, DAVID L., C.P. WOLF & VIVIEN B. SHELANSKI, Editors. The Accident at Three Mile Island: The Human Dimensions. 258 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Boulder: Westview Press. 1982
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Collection of papers by a presidential panel on the social impact of the accident at TMI. Includes an excellent bibliography.
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| 2683 SMITH, T.V. Atomic Power and Moral Faith. Foreword by Robert J. Bernard. 56 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Claremont: Claremont College. 1946
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| 2684 SMITH, WILBUR M. The Atomic Bomb and the Word of God. 30 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Chicago: Moody Press. 1945
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| 2685 STEIN, WALTER, Editor. Nuclear Weapons. A Catholic Response. 151 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Sheed and Ward. 1961
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| 2686 STROM, ERLING. Atombomberna i Bibelns Ljus. Oversaettning fran norska av Daniel Hallberg. 70 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Stockholm: Forlaget Filadelfia. 1954
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| 2687 THOMAS, GORDON & MAX MORGAN-WITTS. Averting Armageddon. The Pope, Diplomacy, and the Pursuit of Peace. 322 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Garden City: Doubleday. 1984
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| 2688 WEART, SPENCER R. Nuclear Fear. A History of Images. 535 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge: Harvard. 1988
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A landmark study in the symbolism and imagery of the nuclear age.
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